Gunshots heard on Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus - school website

19/04/2013 - 4:36

(Reuters) - Gunshots were heard near a building on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, the school said on its website on Thursday.

The shots "were reported near Building 32 ... which is currently surrounded by responding agencies," according to a statement on the MIT website for emergency information.

Representatives for local police agencies could not immediately be reached for comment.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Stacey Joyce)