Person with knife detained after shelter-in-place warning at Harvard

A person with a knife triggered a shelter-in-place at Harvard on Wednesday.

Around 11:30 a.m., a person being threatened with a knife called Cambridge police, the department said.

The victim, who was not harmed and has no affiliation with Harvard, told police the suspect fled the scene on a bicycle, Cambridge and Harvard University police said.

Following a search of South and JFK Streets, Cambridge and Harvard police located the suspect on Cambridge Common, university police said. When university police approached, the suspect fled.

Around 11:40 a.m., Harvard University police sent out an emergency alert advising affiliates to shelter in place, according to The Harvard Crimson. University police also advised people to avoid the area of JFK and Brattle Street and then JFK bridge until approximately 12:24, when the suspect was apprehended.

University officers followed the suspect across the Charles River and took them into custody near the Weeks Footbridge, university police said.

The suspect, whose name has not been released, will be arraigned in connection with the incident in Cambridge District Court, Cambridge police said.