The lockdown and massive police search on the campus of UMass Lowell on Wednesday was caused by a teenage boy with an airsoft rifle, police said. UMass Lowell sent an alert on campus around 2:30 p.m.

Update: Shelter-in-place at UMass Lowell lifted as of 5:30 p.m. A campus-wide shelter-in-place order was issued at UMass Lowell Wednesday afternoon in response to a report that a man was seen at the ...

A campus-wide shelter-in-place that was issued at UMass Lowell Wednesday afternoon in response to a report of an armed man on campus was lifted around 5:30 p.m., according to the university’s ...

The incident prompted a shelter-in-place order and large police response. An individual seen wielding what appeared to be a firearm near a Massachusetts university dormitory, prompting a ...