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Quinsigamond Community College closed following threat
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A community college in Massachusetts has been evacuated due to threats of a shooting.
Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, Massachusetts issued an alert at 8:47 a.m. Thursday that the campus has been until further notice. It asked all faculty and students to leave "in an orderly fashion." At 10:16 a.m., the college said it had received a "shooter threat."
No other details were immediately available.
The evacuation comes after the campus was closed Wednesday afternoon due to a bomb threat.
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