BOSTON (WPRI) — Massachusetts State Police are responding to the University of Massachusetts Boston on Thursday for an "unconfirmed report" of a shooting on campus.

School officials first said a "police incident" happened near the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. The alert was then updated to a "safety threat" near a residence hall in UMass' East Building, followed by another alert 15 minutes later about a "police incident in/near Campus Center."

Students are being asked to avoid the area.

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