After his arrest and booking at HUPD, the student was transported to Cambridge City Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, under police escort.
In a letter submitted to the Middlesex County District Court Friday morning, a doctor at the Cambridge Health Alliance, an affiliate of Harvard's Medical School, said the student was neither suicidal nor homicidal.
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She also recommended that he receive outpatient counseling through University Health Services (UHS), to be arranged by the Freshman Dean's Office.
The female student declined to seek an emergency restraining order, though under law, she was entitled to obtain one. Police said they do not believe the student poses a threat to the community.