A message sent by Harvard’s emergency notification system around 12:22 p.m. read: “Man in Harvard Yard suffered self-inflicted gunshot wound. Incident Over. No Ongoing Threat.”
At that time, the man remained lying on his back on the steps of Memorial Church.
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While police milled about the east side of the Yard, tours continued on the opposite side of University Hall where people blithely continued rubbing the foot of the John Harvard statue.
—Staff writer Elias J. Groll can be reached at egroll@fas.harvard.edu.
—Staff writer Naveen N. Srivatsa can be reached at srivatsa@fas.harvard.edu.
—Punit N. Shah contributed to the reporting of this story.
—Check TheCrimson.com for updates.