Updated: 14:41, Friday April 19, 2013
Authorities say that a Boston MIT police officer has died after being shot by a gunman on campus.
The university warned students in an emergency alert to stay indoors and said that one building on campus had been surrounded by police.
The university said the situation was ‘extremely dangerous’. One building on campus has been surrounded by police.
The police officer suffered ‘life threatening’ injuries, according to several local channels which quoted state police.
MIT is in the suburbs of Boston, where two bombs at the city’s marathon on Monday killed three people and injured 180. However, no link between the two incidents has been immediately made.
The university alert said the gunshots started at 10:48pm local time and that the building where the shots were fired had been ‘surrounded by responding agencies.’
‘The area is cordoned off. Please stay clear of area until further notice,’ added the alert.
There was a major police presence in the district including officers with rifles and a search helicopter overhead, news reports said.
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