AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — A University of Massachusetts Amherst student received a cut on the head when “one or two hostile armed persons” attacked him in a dormitory building before fleeing.
The reports of armed men on campus late Thursday prompted a nearly two-hour shelter-in-place order.
UMass Police Chief Tyrone Parham says the men, who were not believed to be students, entered Pierpont Hall at about 5:15 p.m. Thursday and hit the victim on the head.
Parham said the victim may have been hit with a gun, but there were “absolutely no shots fired.”
The student was treated at a hospital. His name was not released.
Parham says the attack was not random.
The assailants remain on the loose.
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