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The Harvard Crimson reports:
Harvard Police Reopen Memorial Hall After Bomb Threat Prompts Shelter-in-Place Order
The Harvard University Police Department responded to a bomb threat at Memorial Hall Monday morning, prompting the University to issue a shelter-in-place order for people near the building.
Harvard sent an emergency alert around 8:45 a.m., instructing affiliates near Memorial Hall to shelter in place and telling others to avoid the area until further notice.
HUPD lifted the shelter-in-place order around 9:20 a.m., but advised affiliates to continue avoiding Memorial Hall and the nearby Zimmer Hall plaza. At 10:18 a.m., HUPD also closed Memorial Church, which sits inside Harvard Yard, “out of an abundance of caution.” Barriers were then placed in the Yard blocking the entrances to Memorial Church as police concentrated at Memorial Hall.
More than three hours later, HUPD issued its final alert and reopened Memorial Hall and Memorial Church just after 12:30 p.m. The investigation remained ongoing, according to the alert.
Students were blocked from entering Memorial Hall throughout Monday morning as police and emergency personnel responded to the threat and established a perimeter around the building. In a 10:05 a.m. alert, HUPD said Memorial Hall remained closed and told affiliates to continue avoiding the area, adding that another update would come “within the hour.”
HUPD spokesperson Steven G. Catalano did not immediately respond to a request for additional details about the closures or investigation.
Some classes in adjacent Zimmer Hall continued as scheduled Monday morning, while others were canceled because of the threat. LPS A: “Foundational Chemistry and Biology,” a large introductory life sciences course that meets at 9 a.m., was canceled at 9:24 a.m. because of HUPD’s warning to avoid the plaza, according to an announcement to students.
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