Someone just got shot in front of my dorm.

[Jake, The Jake, Jake]

Jesus, it's on the news. I heard gunshots from my room, next thing I know there are a thousand cop cars outside setting up police lines. I thought UCA was supposed to be a relatively safe campus, and now I'm all freaked out.

EDIT: No Bradley, I didn't do it. I'm safe, but one person is confirmed dead. They have one suspect in custody, but three are still at large. On the plus side, classes are canceled tomorrow.

www.katv.com/news/stories/1008/564632.html
Here's the news report.

[Mozenrath]

Did you do it?

All kidding aside, I hope you're safe, man. Hopefully, it was an accident or like self defense. Like you said, the cops are there, so you should be okay.

[Dr. T is an alien]

Lock your door. Barricade it shut with your desk or dresser. Do not answer the door for anyone. If someone knocks on your door and says that they are the cops, call the campus police department to get a confirmation. Stay safe, man.

[The Genesis of KoOS]

Don't be frightened, just live your life normally.

[Alucard]

Dude! I used to go to school there like, a few months ago even. Passed by that building all the time, that's freaky. And there was just a shooting at the school where I am now.

Sorry you have to go through this.

[Johnny B. Decent]

God damn!

[Xbox Live's Original Heel!]

Oct 26, 2008 23:20:55 GMT -5 Jake, The Jake, Jake said:

but one person is confirmed dead. They have one suspect in custody, but three are still at large. On the plus side, classes are canceled tomorrow.

www.katv.com/news/stories/1008/564632.html
Here's the news report.

Dude, someone is dead. There is no plus side.

[y2jfan]

That sucks to die during college :/

[The Genesis of KoOS]

Well two people are dead according to this story...

CONWAY, Ark. — A shooting in the heart of the University of Central Arkansas' campus killed two students and wounded a third person, authorities said early Monday.

UCA police spokeswoman Lt. Rhonda Swindle said the first report of shots fired came at 9:19 p.m. An officer heard the shooting, which occurred near a male dormitory and behind the campus police station, and arrived on the scene in less than a minute, she said.

Witnesses described hearing as many as five gunshots ring out. One man fell to the sidewalk along the narrow alley between the dormitory and a fine arts center and died. Swindle said the two others rushed into the dorm, where paramedics later found them.

One man died at a local hospital, while another who wasn't a student was treated and released, Swindle said.

Swindle had no immediate explanation for the shooting, though she said police questioned one "person of interest" into the early morning hours. She said detectives believed four people were involved in the attack, though no arrest or search warrants had been issued in the case.

"We have really good leads we're following up on right now and we feel the campus is safe," Swindle said.

Swindle declined to identify the victims of the shooting, saying officers continued to try and reach their families. The lieutenant said their bodies would be sent to the state Crime Laboratory in Little Rock for autopsies.

Interim UCA President Tom Courtway canceled classes Monday at the university, which serves 12,500 students. He stressed that every precaution was being taken to ensure the safety of the students who remained in their dormitory rooms.

"It doesn't matter where this happens in the country — it's awful," Courtway said.

Police used crime scene tape to keep people out of a large area around where the shootings occurred, including a nearby intersection. Pools of blood still stained the cold cement sidewalk early Monday morning. Firefighters' foam sprayed over the alleyway to clean away traces of the attack congealed with the blood, turning to an orange froth.

Student Aprille Hanson, 20, of Mountain Home said the shooting was "definitely an eye-opener" in the quiet city of Conway, about 26 miles north of Little Rock.

"This campus is very safe. I've never felt afraid on this campus," Hanson said. "Everyone's going to be a little more tense."

However, the campus remained under guard Monday morning, with police cruisers circling its quiet streets and officers roaming the grounds in flak jackets and blue jeans.

"The UCA campus itself is not locked down, although officers are posted at every campus entrance, and access to campus is limited to residents and authorized personnel," UCA spokesman Warwick Sabin said in an e-mail early Monday.

Faculty and students received phone calls and e-mails through an automated system at 9:38 p.m. warning them of the shooting and encouraging them to stay inside behind locked doors. Sabin said it was the first incident to prompt use of the university's new emergency e-mail and phone call system, purchased last year after the Virginia Tech massacre.

Swindle said video captured by surveillance cameras also installed at the campus after the massacre would be examined.

Sunday's shooting is the second at an Arkansas college this year. On Feb. 27, a man was shot and wounded at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Two suspects were eventually charged. The victim, James Earl Matthews, was hospitalized and had surgery before being released.

Courtway said he thought police officers and the university's emergency alert system performed well in the minutes after the shooting. However, he promised to conduct a thorough examination of shooting to ensure students' safety in the future.

"This is just an awful tragedy. It's the worst thing that can happen on a college campus," Courtway said. "We have start looking at everything."

[Jake, The Jake, Jake]

Well, it seems as though things are just going to keep going as usual around here. Class starts again tomorrow, and the school gets on with its life. Everyone's just a little shaken up now. Thanks for everyone's concern.

[Throwback]

which occurred near a male dormitory and behind the campus police station, and arrived on the scene in less than a minute,

less than a minute and they weren't caught? They ran into your building for sure. GET OUT NOW!!!.

nah I'm just kidding man. I'm sure it wasn't a random shooting.

[THE Dinobot]

Jeez, Arkansas is a craphole.

Not just for this, and granted other states and countries have things like this...just wanted to diss on this place.

Oct 27, 2008 14:36:24 GMT -5 Jake, The Jake, Jake said:

Well, it seems as though things are just going to keep going as usual around here. Class starts again tomorrow, and the school gets on with its life. Everyone's just a little shaken up now. Thanks for everyone's concern.

That is for the best, even if some (or a lot, or all) will be quite on nerves, even for a short while.

[farmeriggy]

Yes, relatively safe.

[Kevin Hamilton]

I was reading about this on the website today, since as ya know UCA is my alma mater Jake. That was the dorm I lived in back then actually. How's everybody on campus holding up?

[Jake, The Jake, Jake]

Everyone seems to be keeping it together, we are just in shock that something like this happened on our campus (and only about 100 feet away from me ). I live in State Hall myself, which I'm kind of disappointed they don't mention in the news report. It happened closer to us than it did Arkansas Hall.

Oct 27, 2008 15:58:38 GMT -5 THE Dinobot said:

Jeez, Arkansas is a craphole.

Not just for this, and granted other states and countries have things like this...just wanted to diss on this place.

Trust me, you have every right to.

[Jake, The Jake, Jake]

Also, one thing that confuses me about this place, how come this thread about actual danger to one of our fellow posters (ME DAMMIT) only has around fifteen posts in it, while the 10000th "What are you listening to?" thread is about to hit the thirty page limit? CARE ABOUT ME, DAMMIT!



























;D

[Bo Rida]

Oct 27, 2008 17:34:01 GMT -5 Jake, The Jake, Jake said:

Also, one thing that confuses me about this place, how come this thread about actual danger to one of our fellow posters (ME DAMMIT) only has around fifteen posts in it, while the 10000th "What are you listening to?" thread is about to hit the thirty page limit? CARE ABOUT ME, DAMMIT!


;D

I just saw this story on 60 second news, so at least you are important to the BBC, one of the most respected broadcasters in the world.

[Jake, The Jake, Jake]

Oct 27, 2008 17:46:46 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

Oct 27, 2008 17:34:01 GMT -5 Jake, The Jake, Jake said:

Also, one thing that confuses me about this place, how come this thread about actual danger to one of our fellow posters (ME DAMMIT) only has around fifteen posts in it, while the 10000th "What are you listening to?" thread is about to hit the thirty page limit? CARE ABOUT ME, DAMMIT!


;D

I just saw this story on 60 second news, so at least you are important to the BBC, one of the most respected broadcasters in the world.

Oh,




Well please excuse that last remark.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Ok so it was kinda between Snow Fine Arts and State and Arkansas then?

Have they given any info on the 'person of interest' yet?

[Franchise]

Sorry this happened man...hope you're dealing with it alright.