Suspect In Custody After Harvard University Manhunt

CAMBRIDGE, MA — One person is in custody after a manhunt in the Harvard area Wednesday morning, according to University police.

Authorities asked people near South Street and JFK Street to shelter in place at approximately 11:41 a.m. as they searched for a person reportedly armed with a knife.

University police and Cambridge police began searching the area of JFK Street and JFK Park for a man who reportedly brandished a knife and fled on a bicycle. The search area then expanded to Brattle Street. Officers approached the suspect in Cambridge Common at approximately 12:17 p.m., but he fled toward Harvard Square and headed over the JFK Bridge toward the University’s athletics facilities.

The suspect was apprehended at approximately 12:23 p.m. near the Weeks Footbridge. The shelter-in-place alert was lifted after he was taken into custody.

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