Harvard Shooting Coincides with Late Night Security Cuts

by Maureen O'Connor | May 18, 2009 at 6:58 pm

An unidentified "college-aged" male was shot at Harvard's Kirkland House, an undergraduate residential college, around 5PM today, reports the Harvard Crimson. The victim was conscious but bleeding at the time of the Crimson's report, and students were notified by email later that night.

This was students' second safety-related email of the day, because 5 minutes before the shooting, Dean Evelynn Hammonds sent an email announcing cuts to nighttime shuttle service (a security measure for soothing the nerves of students who don't like to walk around in the dark) as part of "cost-cutting measures."

Both emails after the jump.

UPDATE 1: According to Harvard's Emergency Communication page, normal activity at Eliot-Kirkland has resumed.

UPDATE 2: The identity and circumstances of the shooting are now known. Allegedly, the deceased was a drug dealer.

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