AMHERST, Mass. — Authorities were asking the public to shelter in place Wednesday night as they searched for a potentially suicidal person with a gun near the campus of Amherst College.
State, local and campus police were "searching the woods south of campus for a potentially suicidal person with a gun," the college said in a tweet around 9 p.m.
AC Alert: Amherst, State and ACPD are searching the woods south of campus for a potentially suicidal person with a gun. Please take shelter in a locked building until further notice.
— Amherst College (@AmherstCollege) March 14, 2019
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"Please take shelter in a locked building until further notice," the tweet said.
The search continued into late Wednesday evening.
"Remain sheltered in place. Police are searching the woods south of campus. We believe the individual is not associated with the College," the college said in a second tweet, shortly before 11 p.m.
Further details were not immediately available.
Students at the college are currently on Spring Break.
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