thanks fellas, I live maybe 20 minutes from campus
we do have forum members with family on campus, hoping all is well with them
News was pretty sketchy until the official news conference mid-morning.
Fire alarm was tripped at a campus building, students ran outside. The suspect ran up over the curb into the crowd of people. Then he got out and began slashing people with a butcher knife.
Campus police arrived within a minute and shot the suspect dead. 8 people sent to three area hospitals in stable non-life threatening condition and one to the university hospital in critical condition.
Students put on hide in place lock down while area secured and nearby garage was cleared.
Warrants pending for the car and house of the would be killer.
The university and hospitals train for this and many of the emergency docs and personnel made it to the hospitals before the ambulances.
Great response overall to a terrible situation.
Time will tell what the hell is up with the dead criminal.
Drugs, mental illness, just a bad day?
seems pretty disorganized for terrorism - slashing random strangers with a butcher knife, but he did force victims outside with fire alarm so who knows
thoughts with all of the victims and responders
Dave