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 UMass Lowell Lockdown,

UMass Lowell Lockdown

A lockdown and shelter in place order at UMass Lowell has been lifted after reports of a man possibly armed with a long gun on campus Wednesday afternoon. There have been no reports of any shots fired, and Lowell police said a weapon has not been confirmed. 

UMass Lowell sent a campus alert after the reported sighting near the Riverview Suites on the South Campus at about 2:30 p.m.  

Police said they were looking for an Asian male who is believed to be about 5'5" tall, wearing a gray or white sweatshirt and black shorts.

People were urged to stay inside until further notice. All classes and events were canceled for the rest of the day.

UMass Lowell Police Chief Ron Dickerson confirmed a video circulating on social media of a man possibly armed with a long gun is real.

"We got a call around 2:30 this afternoon of someone behind Riverview Suites with what appeared to be a gun, and someone took a video of it," Dickerson said. "They posted that on social media. Our own video, surveillance cameras picked that up also." 

Police said there was no active shooter situation and there is no evidence of shots fired.

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 UMass Lowell Active Shooter, 

The shelter-in-place order at UMass Lowell’s campus following a report of a person with a gun was lifted after police searched the campus for several hours.

Police received a report from a student of an individual with a gun behind a dorm shortly before 2:30 p.m.

Officers were also made aware of a viral video circulating and Lowell police officers began to search the campus alongside several other agencies, including Massachusetts State Police and the FBI.

The shelter in place was lifted just after 5:30 p.m., about 3 hours after the order was first put into place.

Police say there are no reports of anyone hurt or shots fired, and at no time was there an active shooter. Police will remain in the area as a precaution throughout the night.

A Boston 25 News staff member who receives alerts from UMass Lowell received a text alerting students and staff members that police were responding to a weapons incident.

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 Trump Announcement

President Donald Trump just made a public appearance and spoke to reporters, where he said he didn’t know about conspiracy theories circulating on the internet over the weekend about him being dead.

CNN had reported that Trump was on the golf course over Labor Day weekend.

Here’s what he covered in his remarks today:

New announcement: Trump said that US Space Command Headquarters will move to Huntsville, Alabama. This was decided during his first administration, but in 2023, former President Joe Biden elected to have it remain in Colorado, angering Alabama lawmakers. Today, Trump thanked Colorado for being the location for the headquarters, but blamed its mail-in voting provision for what ended up being a “big factor” in his decision.

On Chicago: Trump said today that he will send National Guard troops into Chicago, but did not provide a timeline.

Fate of tariffs: Trump said his administration will appeal a decision that shot down many of his sweeping tariffs to the Supreme Court as soon as tomorrow. A “wrong” decision from the conservative court would mean “devastation for our country,” he said. “The stock market needs the tariffs.”

Putin: The US president hinted at developments in his efforts to bring peace to Ukraine, but declined to provide any specifics.

Viral video: Trump dismissed a viral video of what appears to be a black bag being tossed out of the White House as an AI-generated fake, adding that it’s “a little bit scary” how realistic such videos can be.

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