Mass Shooting & Gun Violence |

[SnoopRob]

It always makes me sad when this thread gets bumped back to the top.

 

[Carolina Fever]

Villanova's president said it was a hoax.

 

[ZZLPHeels]

Villanova's president said it was a hoax.

Second one today apparently. Both at universities. Wonder if they were coordinated.

 

[1moretimeagain]

I agree that hoaxes like this should be investigated and prosecuted, but I can also see it as a training camp exercise to quickly get students and emergency services into mid-semester form.

 

[donbosco]

Kinda pertinent...

 

[Zoo_View]

Kinda pertinent...

The active shooter entered a crowd and fired a blank into the air.

I like how they tackled “the active shooter.” Gently. With care.

That was realistic.

BS

 

[Zoo_View]

We expect staff to respond immediately to shooters.

We won’t do anything about the excessive number of guns with huge magazines in this country.

 

[nycfan]

My first thought was “when did Carolina get a Columbia campus?”

But hopefully for South Carolina this is another hoax or something.

 

[nycfan]

 

[sringwal]

Fuck.

 

[nycfan]

“… Students and staff received an email warning them about a shooter on campus, and that they were currently located in the Thomas Cooper Library. The suspect was reported as a 6′ white male with black pants.…”

https://www.wspa.com/news/active-shooter-reported-at-usc/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_WSPA7

[there are already fake text threads circulating online claiming a black shooter and a trans shooter]

 

[Carolina Fever]

Has a shooter been confirmed or is this another hoax?

 

[1moretimeagain]

Apparently another false alarm

 

[BillOfRights]

Kinda pertinent...

Where was "a good guy with a gun" to take out the gunman?

 

[nycfan]

Apparently another false alarm

Good Lord

 

[Bobfripp]

Apparently another false alarm

Nice going Nancy!

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

Has a shooter been confirmed or is this another hoax?

“… False reports have also hit Iowa State University, the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Northern Arizona University, the University of South Carolina, Doane University, the University of New Hampshire, the University of Colorado Boulder and Kansas State University, [as well as. Villanova and TN State] according to local media reports.

The FBI has declined to comment on the latest wave of hoaxes, but in a statement to BBC News said: "We are aware of recent swatting incidents involving a number of colleges and universities and are working with our law enforcement partners."…”

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My instinct would be some sort of fraternity rush bullshit going viral but worth watching in case of something more nefarious.

 

[Carolina Fever]

There's an active shooter at a church in Minneapolis.

 

[1moretimeagain]

Looks like this one isn’t another hoax.