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Another Nut Case with a Rifle? - False Alarm!

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:18 pm
by Joe Guy
MIT on lockdown after reports of armed gunman

Associated Press – 10 mins ago

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology says a man carrying a long rifle and wearing body armor was spotted in a campus building, and the school is on lockdown.

MIT said in a statement Saturday that several law enforcement agencies have responded, and a photo that appears to have been tweeted from near campus shows a road blocked to traffic.

The school advises students and workers to stay indoors and report suspicious activity to campus police.

More details were not immediately available.

Re: Another Nut Case with a Rifle?

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:43 pm
by Lord Jim
It's not being covered on any of the cable news channels, so maybe it was a false alarm...

Re: Another Nut Case with a Rifle?

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 4:04 pm
by Joe Guy
You're right.....

Police: Report of gunman at MIT is unfounded


Updated 7:39 am, Saturday, February 23, 2013

BOSTON (AP) — Police in Massachusetts say a call reporting a gunman on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus was unfounded and that there is no threat to public safety.

Police said Saturday that officers searched for a man reported to be carrying a long rifle and wearing body armor and found nothing. A spokeswoman for the university says the school also called off a campus-wide lockdown.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/P ... z2LjrlQ6gm

Re: Another Nut Case with a Rifle? - False Alarm!

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:11 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
A long rifle is better used from a place of concealment, say the top of a tall building.

Re: Another Nut Case with a Rifle? - False Alarm!

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:19 pm
by Gob
Or a grassy knoll.