Police are looking for an armed man reported on the campus of UMass Lowell on Wednesday, and members of the community were advised to “stay inside until further notice.”Lowell police asked both residents and visitors to avoid the area. There were no reports of any shots being fired, but Massachusetts State Police said troopers “are aware” of a video being circulated that appears to show an armed individual walking near the dorms.Lowell Public Schools said that students on the Bartlett and Stoklosa Cross Country teams are sheltering inside their schools and students who are still on their buses may be delayed because of rerouted traffic. Any students whose bus stop is affected by the investigation will instead be taken to the Moody School, the district said. Messages sent to the campus community through an emergency system said that police are searching “for a 5-foot-5 Asian male wearing a gray or white sweatshirt and black shorts carrying a long weapon. Seen in the rear of Riverview Suites.”Riverview Suites is a dorm located on Middlesex Street. Lowell police said the police activity was also extending to the areas of Pawtucket and Broadway streets.”Police from UMass Lowell and the city of Lowell were alerted this afternoon to reports of a male on South Campus carrying an object suspected of being a firearm. A campus-wide shelter in place order has been issued as officers attempt to find this individual,” University officials said. Sky5 flew over the campus and saw police from several agencies working in the area of UMass Lowell’s South Campus. Lowell Mayor Daniel Rourke confirmed that Massachusetts State Police and FBI officials are providing support.”The City is utilizing all available resources at this time,” Rourke said. UMass Lowell has approximately 16,900 undergraduate and graduate students, with 3,700 living on campus across 10 residence halls.Rep. Lori Trahan said she is in touch with local officials. “If you are in Lowell, please follow directions from Lowell Police and UMass Lowell,” Trahan wrote on social media. Anyone with information is being asked to call 9-1-1.

LOWELL, Mass. —

Police are looking for an armed man reported on the campus of UMass Lowell on Wednesday, and members of the community were advised to “stay inside until further notice.”

Lowell police asked both residents and visitors to avoid the area.

There were no reports of any shots being fired, but Massachusetts State Police said troopers “are aware” of a video being circulated that appears to show an armed individual walking near the dorms.

Lowell Public Schools said that students on the Bartlett and Stoklosa Cross Country teams are sheltering inside their schools and students who are still on their buses may be delayed because of rerouted traffic. Any students whose bus stop is affected by the investigation will instead be taken to the Moody School, the district said.

Messages sent to the campus community through an emergency system said that police are searching “for a 5-foot-5 Asian male wearing a gray or white sweatshirt and black shorts carrying a long weapon. Seen in the rear of Riverview Suites.”

Riverview Suites is a dorm located on Middlesex Street. Lowell police said the police activity was also extending to the areas of Pawtucket and Broadway streets.

“Police from UMass Lowell and the city of Lowell were alerted this afternoon to reports of a male on South Campus carrying an object suspected of being a firearm. A campus-wide shelter in place order has been issued as officers attempt to find this individual,” University officials said.

Sky5 flew over the campus and saw police from several agencies working in the area of UMass Lowell’s South Campus. Lowell Mayor Daniel Rourke confirmed that Massachusetts State Police and FBI officials are providing support.

“The City is utilizing all available resources at this time,” Rourke said.

UMass Lowell has approximately 16,900 undergraduate and graduate students, with 3,700 living on campus across 10 residence halls.

Rep. Lori Trahan said she is in touch with local officials.

“If you are in Lowell, please follow directions from Lowell Police and UMass Lowell,” Trahan wrote on social media.

Anyone with information is being asked to call 9-1-1.