CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - A man was arrested in Cambridge Tuesday in connection with a shelter-in-place at Harvard University.

According to police, just before 9 a.m. “an individual brandished an edged weapon at a coffee shop in Harvard Square”.

The man was eventually taken into custody. He will be charged with assault by means and disorderly conduct.

The shelter-in-place has been lifted.

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