Active shooter at USC

[TigerVols]

 

[TigerVols]

Or not?

 

[tapintoamerica]

That's two days in a row, right? Wasn't there a report of shooter at Air Force Academy yesterday?

 

[Vombatus]

That's two days in a row, right? Wasn't there a report of shooter at Air Force Academy yesterday?

Think that was Saturday night.

"Daily Trojan" LOL.

 

[User 11148]

My campus went into a heavy-duty alert today ... some doofus with a BB gun in a backpack.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Professor allegedly told students there was a shooting on campus

 

[Riptide]

What next, a Trojan horse?

 

[Vombatus]

What next, a Trojan horse?

Some days I don't know who's worse: me or you?

 

[Riptide]

Some days I don't know who's worse: me or you?

It's you. I asked around.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Professor allegedly told students there was a shooting on campus

That ain't academic freedom.
No name given. I'll be curious to see if this person is actually a "professor" or an adjunct or GA or some lesser rank on the academic totem pole.

 

[cjericho]

The headline and lede say "professor." Would hope she is at least an adjunct, don't think they should be calling a GA professor.

 

[YankeeFan]

Reports of a shooting at USC Monday afternoon were the result of confusion and alarm after a university professor suffered some sort of “episode” on campus, Los Angeles police said.

According to Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Mike Lopez, a female faculty member had a “breakdown” in Fertitta Hall and started yelling about an active shooter, which “caused everybody to panic.”

Chief John Thomas of USC’s Department of Public Safety said it was reported that during class, a faculty member “falsely told her students there was an active shooter in the building.
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The professor was detained and was being questioned to determine her mental health status, Lopez said, and to decide if any charges will be brought.

USC professor detained after 'breakdown' led to active shooter scare on campus

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I miss the days when "active shooter" meant someone was actively shooting somewhere.

Now it means someone thinks they heard something that might have been a gunshot. That change seems to have happened in the last year.

 

[Vombatus]

I miss the days when "active shooter" meant someone was actively shooting somewhere.

Now it means someone thinks they heard something that might have been a gunshot. That change seems to have happened in the last year.

It became more prominent after the Washington Navy Yard attack. That guy was on the loose for at least an hour, IIRC.