A brief panic unfolded at Harvard University on Friday morning after reports of a shooting near Sherman Street, close to the Radcliffe Quad, prompted police to issue a shelter-in-place alert for students and staff.

The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) issued the alert shortly after 11 AM (US local time), warning everyone to stay indoors.

Around 11:48 AM (US local time) the Cambridge Police Department said there was “no ongoing public safety risk at this time," and the university lifted the alert a few minutes later, as per a report by Harvard Crimson.

A second alert was sent nearly ten minutes later through the university’s MessageMe text and email system, said Cambridge Police.

A third update at around 11:30 AM mentioned that the suspect might have been heading toward Harva

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