Gun threat on campus closes Washington College in Maryland
Nov 16 (Reuters) - A gun threat on campus on Monday closed Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, school tweets said.
Tweets and a message on the school's website advised sheltering in place. Classes were initially temporarily suspended before the college was closed until further notice, the tweets said.
The college also released a statement of warning to the area via Twitter:
Please monitor https://t.co/nsGtXRDTqj for information as it becomes available. pic.twitter.com/spHpXWR7YH
— Washington College (@washcoll) November 16, 2015
(Reporting by Suzannah Gonzales; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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