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Harvard police were called to Canaday Hall on Saturday evening after a freshman allegedly threw a brick at another resident of the dorm, breaking the window on an interior door.

Police responded to a report of an assault with a dangerous weapon around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, according to public police logs. The student responsible for throwing the brick was transported to a medical facility after being interviewed by officers, according to the logs.

The student has not been arrested, per the logs. A HUPD spokesperson did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the student’s condition or the incident.

Sydney G. Burns ’29, a freshman living on an upper floor of Canaday, said she first interacted with the student — a fellow Canaday resident — earlier Saturday afternoon and believed he was acting erratically. Burns said the student was pacing in the Canaday stairwell while talking about artificial intelligence and demons, but he was not aggressive.

Later in the day, Braegan R. Davis ’29, Burns’ roommate, approached the student in the stairwell. Davis, who knew that the student lived in her building, said he knocked on her suite’s door before walking back down to the landing on the stairs below. He appeared disoriented but not aggressive, she said.

Davis said she initially treated the situation as a joke and walked toward where the student was standing on the stairs. She said the word “labubu,” referring to the brand of small monster-shaped dolls that became a global phenomenon this year.

Immediately after hearing the word, the student began to shout and ran toward Davis, she said.

Davis said she retreated back to her room, closing the two doors between the hallway and her dorm. The student continued yelling and began banging on the outer door, which led from the stairwell to a short hallway, according to Davis.

When she opened the inner door, between the hallway and her room, the student saw her and threw a brick through the door window in her direction, missing her but shattering the glass, Davis said. She said the student then started punching the remaining glass in the window frame.

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Davis closed the door to her room and called the Harvard University Police Department. An officer took statements from other students present, according to Davis and Burns, who returned to the room later that night. The officers also interviewed the student who threw the brick, according to police logs.

Burns and Davis, along with multiple other students present, submitted emailed statements to HUPD. They have not received further communication from the department as of Tuesday afternoon, according to Davis.

Davis is waiting for further information from HUPD before deciding whether to press charges, she wrote in a text message on Tuesday.

A College spokesperson also did not comment. The student who allegedly threw the brick could not be reached for comment.

—Staff writer Matan H. Josephy can be reached at matan.josephy@thecrimson.com. Follow him on X @matanjosephy.

—Staff writer Laurel M. Shugart can be reached at laurel.shugart@thecrimson.com. Follow them on X @laurelmshugart.