10/4/2021- 9:17 p.m.
Faculty, students and staff at Towson University were asked to shelter in place Monday night for about an hour as a possible armed suspect was potentially on campus.
In a text alert sent to the university community just before 7 p.m., Towson said that the subject had been apprehended but encouraged people to “remain vigilant.”
The alert warned that police would still be in the area.
Towson said in an alert around 5:50 p.m. that university police were notified of a traffic stop along Towsontown Boulevard.
During the stop, which was conducted by Baltimore County Police, the text alert said, the county officer was assaulted by a suspect, who is possibly armed and fled on foot.
“Possible armed subject,” the subject of a text alert read.
“Baltimore County Police is pursuing a possible armed subject that has ran through campus and may still be in the area.”Towson University’s Office of Public Safety is assisting county police in the investigation.
Anyone with information should call 911.The university declined to comment, referring questions to county police, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This incident comes about a month after three people were shot on campus during an informal gathering of hundreds of people at the heart of the campus.
A 19-year-old man, Samuel Nnam of Greenbelt, was arrested as the alleged shooter.
