Manhunt underway after woman allegedly assaulted inside Harvard dorm, suspect spotted at MIT: officials

Police astatine Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are searching for a antheral accused of assaulting a pistillate wrong a dorm connected Tuesday night.

A pistillate was trying to participate her dorm country astatine Harvard University connected Tuesday evening erstwhile a antheral allegedly came from behind, covered her rima and tried to unit her into the room, constabulary said. Bystanders who witnessed the incidental intervened, causing the fishy to fly the building, according to the constabulary log. Harvard field constabulary responded to the incidental astatine 5:41 p.m.

Officials said that constabulary tried locating the suspect, but weren't capable to bash so. The antheral entered the residence hallway by pursuing different person, but wasn't authorized to beryllium there.

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MIT constabulary said the incidental happened connected Tuesday nighttime aft a pistillate was allegedly assaulted by a antheral fitting the aforesaid description. (MIT)

The aforesaid antheral allegedly entered a residence hallway astatine the Massachusetts Institute of Technology connected Tuesday nighttime by pursuing idiosyncratic other into the building, MIT constabulary said successful a statement. Police said the antheral was "acting suspiciously" aft utilizing a broadside entranceway to get into the gathering astatine 5:45 p.m.

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Dunster House residence hallway stands on the Charles River connected the Harvard University field successful Cambridge, Massachusetts, connected May 27, 2025. (Sophie Park/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Officials said the antheral near the dorm hallway astatine 5:59 p.m., citing information camera video. MIT constabulary said helium matched the statement of the idiosyncratic who allegedly assaulted a Harvard student.

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The Great Dome exterior astatine the Massachusetts Institute of Technology field successful Cambridge, Mass., connected Oct. 21, 2025. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire)

Police described the fishy arsenic a achromatic male, 5'9", had a bladed build, and was wearing a achromatic T-shirt with acheronian colored shorts.

Harvard Lowell House Faculty Deans David Laibson and Nina Zipser sent an email to residents successful the dorm, saying that a constabulary serviceman is "now patrolling the area" and said residents tin articulation them "to beryllium unneurotic arsenic we travel to presumption with what has happened," according to the Harvard Crimson.

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Harvard officials reminded students to ticker for radical trying to travel them into restricted field buildings aft the incident.

People with accusation astir the incidents are encouraged to interaction MIT constabulary astatine 617-258-TIPS.