Shelters in place lifted at Muhlenberg College

Lara Bonatesta

May 6, 2024 at 1:20 PM·1 min read

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) — Muhlenberg College, located in Allentown, was in a shelter in place on Monday as police responded to a report of an armed person in campus.

Muhlenberg College Campus Safety & Police posted a campus wide alert to Facebook early Monday afternoon alerting the campus community to the situation.

The shelter in place was lifted by around 2 p.m.

The alert included the Campus Safety and Police’s emergency number 584-664-3112 and the email campus.safety@muhlenberg.edu.

According to the college’s website, Muhlenberg College has an undergraduate enrollment of approximately 2,000 students.

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