Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Campus shootings

  • Police: Student Took LSD Before Campus Shooting

    A University of South Alabama freshman wasn't armed when he was fatally shot by a campus police officer, authorities said Tuesday, and he had taken LSD, assaulted others and chased the officer before being killed.

    abcnews.go.com

  • More campuses allowing concealed weapon carrying

    The group believes that "recent high-profile shootings and armed abductions on college campuses clearly demonstrate that 'gun free zones' serve to disarm only those law-abiding citizens who might otherwise be able to protect themselves," according to ...

    www.sbstatesman.com

  • Calif. college shooting suspect's case suspended

    OAKLAND, Calif. - The murder case of a suspect accused of killing seven at a small California Christian college was suspended Monday after the suspect's lawyer questioned his mental competency to stand trial.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Files Offer Glimpse Into Shooting Suspect

    In June, Mr. Holmes met with a university psychiatrist, Dr. Lynne Fenton, who contacted the campus police after their meeting.

    www.nytimes.com

  • Students At This Marine Base Take 'School Shooting Drills' To Avoid Another ...

    They call it an "active shooter" drill, and it aims to prepare students in the event that some gun-wielding psycho will come on campus with an intent to kill. Amanda Wilcox of the Jacksonville Daily News reports that students on Camp Lejuene's High ...

    www.businessinsider.com

  • University officials unsure how to handle on-campus shooting: records

    When University of Alberta officials decided on the morning of June 15 to send out an emergency notice to 70,000 students, faculty and staff about a deadly on-campus shooting that had occurred six hours earlier, the mass email failed to send.

    www.vancouversun.com

  • Ex-professor gets life in prison for campus shooting

    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- A Harvard-educated biologist was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday after being convicted of going on a shooting rampage during a faculty meeting at an Alabama university, killing three colleagues and wounding ...

    www.indystar.com

  • Past Shootings Give Cause for Concern; Local Schools Prepare

    Commissioners organized this even to help prepare students, faculty, and local authorities in case something dangerous would ever happen on campus, like the incident at Columbine High School. Organizers had Challenge Academy Cadets and Volunteer ...

    www.wdtv.com

  • Stay vigilant in wake of recent shootings

    Stay vigilant in wake of recent shootings By The Daily Targum DailyTargum.com | 2 comments. Five separate off-campus shootings have rattled the New Brunswick and University community over the last few weeks with acts of gun-related violence. And as ...

    www.dailytargum.com

  • Concealed carry should remain banned on Texas college campuses

    Concealed carry should be banned from university campuses because it is not an effective shield against mass shooting-type occurrences.

    star.txstate.edu

  • Police investigate deadly shooting near VCU campus

    RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) - Richmond Police are investigating a fatal shooting in the 300 block of West Marshall Street, just blocks away from VCU's Monroe Park campus. Shortly before 1:00 a.m., Richmond Police officers arrived on scene to find 24-year old ...

    wtvr.com

  • Residents Speak Out about Campus Shooting Death

    Saturday morning's shooting of naked 18-year-old freshman Gil Collar by a campus police officer was not what she expected at her university.

    www.local15tv.com

  • Va. Tech Shooting Survivor Recounts 2007 Massacre and Urges Obama ...

    Wednesday's debate is taking place less than 10 miles from the site of the Columbine school shooting and 15 miles from the Aurora theater where 12 people were killed in July.

    www.democracynow.org

  • Shootings expose cracks in US mental health system

    24, 2012 photo, law professor Elyn Saks poses for a photo at the University of Southern California Gould School in Los Angeles.

    www.newstimes.com

  • Prosecutors: James Holmes threatened professor before theater shooting

    The suspect in a deadly movie theater attack in Colorado threatened a professor before the shooting, leading the university to ban him from campus, prosecutors said in court documents released Friday. The name of the person James Eagan Holmes ...

    usnews.nbcnews.com

  • After shootings, campus safety looks to react faster

    As the event ensued, organizations responsible for campus safety didn't communicate the information of the shooting, as the news circulated through social media and local news agencies. At 12:52 p.m. Monday, the University issued a Crime Warning, ...

    www.technicianonline.com

  • Suspect arrested in Morgan State University campus shooting

    Baltimore police have arrested and charged a 20-year-old man in a shooting they say resulted from a dispute over drugs that left a teen critically wounded on the campus of Morgan State University last week. Kelly Lamont Ellerbee of the 6000 block of ...

    articles.baltimoresun.com

  • Skyline High School closes for day due to online shooting threat

    Skyline High School closed Sept. 20, after a still-unidentified online bulletin board user threatened to unleash a Columbine-style attack and shoot students on campus. Issaquah School District administrators characterized the decision to close the ...

    www.issaquahpress.com

  • Morgan State Shooting: Baltimore Police Confirm Violent Attack On Maryland ...

    Reports indicate that it was initially unclear whether the attack -- which occurred shortly before 5:00 p.m. near the student center -- was a shooting or a stabbing, as a text message sent to students from the school suggested. According to CBS ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Spanish man planned to imitate 1999 Columbine school shootings with new ...

    MADRID, Spain - Spanish police said Thursday they have arrested a man who allegedly planned to imitate the 1999 Columbine school killings by planting bombs around a university campus. In a statement, police said they seized 140 kilograms of ...

    news.nationalpost.com

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