Salem State University students were warned to shelter in place while police investigated reports of a man with a rifle near the South Campus, officials said.
SKY7 HD flew over the scene, where a man was taken into police custody near a set of train tracks.
The shelter in place order was officially lifted just before 6 p.m.
No additional information has been released.
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