Brookhaven College Locked Down

[RPB]

This happened Oct. 4, 2010, but I hadn't heard about it until now

http://www.brookhavencollege.edu/news/2010/2185.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Excerpts below
Farmers Branch, Texas -- A Brookhaven College student allegedly hid in a bathroom on campus today with a firearm in his possession causing a lockdown of the college for 52 minutes while college police searched the campus. The Dallas Police Department reported that a white, male student was threatening suicide. The lockdown was implemented at 12:03 p.m. and terminated at 12:55 p.m. after all buildings were searched and police were unable to locate the individual.

Dallas Police Detective Sergeant Felini received a call in their 9-1-1 Center from the girlfriend of the Brookhaven College student who was allegedly in a Brookhaven College bathroom with a hand gun. Sergeant Felini said the girlfriend said the student was threatening suicide.

I actually learned it from an Abilene Christian University article (pretty interesting)
http://www.acuoptimist.com/2010/10/univ ... -students/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We look at instances of school shootings and shudder, but we also need to look backward in history and be thankful for how far we have come.

Most colleges and American universities have open campuses. Visitors can come in and explore, interact with students, use the libraries and even eat in the cafeterias.

But colleges have not always gotten along so amicably with the cities in which they are located.

Colleges in Europe are surrounded by huge stone walls, and as much as tourists enjoy looking at the gargoyle-ridden walls, this was not their original purpose. They were meant to separate the townspeople and protect the scholars.

One of the most famous clashes between students and villagers occurred on Feb. 10, 1355 in Oxford, England. An argument went wrong at a tavern over the quality of the beer, and armed riots ensued. Two days later more than 90 people had died. This is now known as St. Scholastica Day.

More than 600 years later in America, U.S. marshals, military police and National Guardsmen were brought into Ole Miss to protect students during race riots over integration on Oct. 1, 1962.

Attacks on students can come from anywhere inside and out, and we’re thankful they are few and far between. Our prayers go out to the Tooley family and the UT community. And the ACU and Abilene police have our thanks for all they do to protect us every day.

[cbucher]

If they didn't find him during the search then where was he for a little over an hour after they called the all clear? This could have been much worse than it was.

[Medic218]

This makes number 2 for Brookhaven in the last six months.
The last one was a hoax.
I'm wondering if there is an idiot practical joker on campus....maybe not even a student, could just be some ya-hoo that gets his jollies from stupid crap like this.

[RPB]

This makes number 2 for Brookhaven in the last six months.
The last one was a hoax.
I'm wondering if there is an idiot practical joker on campus....maybe not even a student, could just be some ya-hoo that gets his jollies from stupid crap like this.

No telling, in the last 2 weeks there were 2 false alarms (plastic pistol last week) at UTEP
UTEP has enough to worry about with bullets hitting campus from ciudad juarez.

[snorri]

Oct 4th? viewtopic.php?f=94&t=38542" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[RPB]

Oct 4th? viewtopic.php?f=94&t=38542" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

oops sorry, I continually check new posts, musta missed that one