Two universities went into lockdown in the past two days after suspicious activity was reported on both campuses.
Northwestern University issued a lockdown at their Chicago campus early yesterday after people reported seeing a gunman in an elevator. Offices and rooms were closed off in the Rubloff Building, locking students, employees and faculty in the building. A two-hour search by police proved fruitless, though the investigation continues.
The Takoma Park campus of Montgomery College was locked down Tuesday afternoon when a man raped a woman in the second floor bathroom of the Takoma Park/Silver Spring Performing Arts Center.
Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus Montgomery College
Police arrested Nathaniel L. Hart, 34, Tuesday evening at a Days Inn and charged him with two counts of first-degree rape, first-degree sexual offense and attempting to escape after arrest.