Gunfire and explosions have reportedly been heard in the hunt for the killer of a police officer shot dead at a Massachusetts university in Boston.
The officer was responding to a report of a disturbance on Thursday night when he was shot multiple times.
The officer, who was not immediately identified, was taken to a hospital where he later died from his multiple gunshot wounds.
A message on the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) website earlier described the incident as "active and extremely dangerous" as police swept the campus in Cambridge - nine miles west of Boston city centre.
People were urged to remain indoors until further notice and to stay away from the Stata Building in particular, off Kendall Square, as police helicopters with spotlights circled over head.
Reporters were told to move away from the scene and to switch off their mobile phones.
University students have been warned to stay indoors Cambridge Police Department said in a statement that six gunshots were heard at 10.50pm local time.
Dozens of police officers were later seen racing from the scene near Kendall Square toward Watertown.
Dramatic accounts of police and two armed young men engaged in a shootout at the scene emerged in the US media.
The New York Times quoted local resident Andrew Kitzenburg, who said he saw the pair, wearing backpacks, shooting at dozens of police officers from behind a black Mercedes SUV.
The 29-year-old said the officers and the men were 70 yards apart and engaged in "constant gunfire".
He said an explosive device was also thrown at the police and went off some 20 yards from where they were shooting from.
One of the men then ran towards the officers and was apprehended and arrested.
Armed officers arrive at the scene Police are still hunting for the second man who reportedly got away and conducting door-to-door searches in the area.
Sky's US correspondent Dominic Waghorn at the scene said it was unclear whether the police officer shooting and the stand-off in Watertown were linked.
"We have several incidents and we have no idea whether they are connected - and whether indeed they are connected with what happened earlier in Boston this week at the marathon," he said.
"We do know that gunfire and explosions are reported in streets close to the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology after a police officer was shot dead there.
"What is also interesting is the FBI have been reported here, the National Guard are here and Homeland Security officers as well.
"That's unusual, it's potentially significant because they wouldn't normally be called in for the shooting of a policeman.
"They would be called in if there was some kind of terrorist activity or some other event that would draw in federal agents."
It comes just days after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 180 others.
The FBI have released pictures and video of two suspects in the deadly Boston marathon bombings.
MIT later lifted its campus lockdown but warned students to "remain vigilant". About 11,000 people attend the prestigious school.
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