Police searched MIT's main campus Thursday for a man wanted for several days by Somerville police, according to the university's police department.
MIT police put out an emergency message at 6:25 p.m. urging anyone near the Main Group buildings by Massachusetts Avenue and Vassar Street to shelter inside, and others to keep away. Officials said a man wanted by Somerville police, whose description matches one shared last week by the department, was last seen at Building 37, which houses aeronautics research.
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In an updated message around 8:30 p.m., the department said state, city and MIT police had finished searching the school, with no further sightings being confirmed.
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Campus police added they would continue to make routine patrols.
Police are continuing to search for the suspect, who is described as a 47-year-old white man who is about 5'11 and 175 pounds. He was last seen with his salt-and-pepper hair in a ponytail and wearing a dark jacket, a light shirt and blue jeans.
Anyone with information about the man being sought is asked to call 617-253-1212.
When Somerville police issued their warning on Saturday about a 47-year-old man who is 5-foot-11 and 175 lbs., they urged the public not to approach him if they see him but to call 911. They didn't share the man's name or what he's wanted for.
People who live on a street in Somerville near Tufts University told NBC10 Boston this week that he's been breaking into homes on the block — one woman said she believed the man was living in her home on Bromfield Road while she and her roommates were away for the recent holidays.
Police haven't confirmed whether it's the same person they were looking for, and said releasing the wanted man's name could jeopardize their investigation.
