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Police Respond to Reported Shooting Near School of Public Health

The Kresge Building at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The Kresge Building at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
By Michael E. Xie, Crimson Staff Writer

The Boston Police Department responded to a reported shooting near 90 Smith Street—a building that houses some administrative offices for the School of Public Health—Tuesday morning.

The Kresge Building at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is a short distance from the site of Tuesday's reported shooting near 90 Smith Street.
The Kresge Building at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is a short distance from the site of Tuesday's reported shooting near 90 Smith Street. By Megan M. Ross

In an email sent to Harvard affiliates around 10 a.m., Harvard University Police Department Deputy Chief of Police Kevin W. Regan wrote that Boston police officers were investigating and the suspects involved were no longer in the area.

According to the BPD, the shooting occurred at around 9:45 a.m. in the area of Turquoise Way, roughly three blocks from the administrative offices of the School of Public Health. No injuries were reported and no description of the suspect was available.

In an email at 11:20 a.m., Regan stated that the BPD had concluded its investigation into the shooting and that everything had returned to "normal."

—Staff writer Michael E. Xie can be reached at michael.xie@thecrimson.com. Follow him on Twitter @MichaelEXie1.

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