This is crazy..yet another college shooting today (this afternoon)-Texas

lynxstch · Oct 9, 2015

http://atlanticbb.net/news/read/art...llege_on_lockdown_shooter_loose_after_shoo-ap

1:20 p.m.

Houston Police say one person is dead and another wounded after a shooting at a Texas Southern University student housing complex.

University spokesman Kendrick Callis said the shooting was reported around 11:30 a.m. Friday at University Courtyard Apartments on the edge of the Houston campus. Callis said the campus was placed on lockdown and classes were canceled for the rest of the day.

Houston Police tweeted early Friday afternoon that a possible suspect had been detained.

Police and emergency vehicles were at the scene, where there had been another shooting near the same housing complex just hours earlier.

The university has about 9,700 students.

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12:55 p.m.

Officials say Texas Southern University is on lockdown after two people were shot at a student housing complex.

University spokesman Kendrick Callis said the shooting was reported around 11:30 a.m. Friday at University Courtyard Apartments on the edge of the Houston campus.

Callis says the suspected shooter is still on the loose. He says the campus is on lockdown and classes have been cancelled.

Police and emergency vehicles were at the scene. Additional details weren't immediately available.

The university has about 9,700 students.

FINFAN · Oct 9, 2015

eliza61 · Oct 9, 2015

Wait, you're surprised?? Why? We do nothing to change. I don't even give it a second thought.

Neesy228 · Oct 9, 2015

I couldn't believe it when I read it either. So sad. I think the country is becoming increasingly numb to these things. They stay in the news for less and less time now before we move on to the next tragedy....

I'm not sure what that says about us as a society.

LisaR · Oct 9, 2015

DD and I were texting a little while ago. She mentioned she was working on her schedule for spring semester. I said she should take all of her classes online. Unfortunately, I truly don't know what percentage of me was just joking and what percentage was serious. Doesn't seem like either shooting was related to mental illness.

NewRVLady · Oct 9, 2015

Twice on one day- our world is nuts

wishesuponastar · Oct 9, 2015

NewRVLady said:
Twice on one day- our world is nuts

ditto

EMom · Oct 9, 2015

I don't think this is necessarily a "crazed gunman on college campus" situation. Texas Southern has been reported as having the highest violent crime rate of any TX university. I wouldn't send a child of mine there.

Southernmiss · Oct 9, 2015

eliza61 said:
Wait, you're surprised?? Why? We do nothing to change. I don't even give it a second thought.

It's a shame. But I'm not phased by news like this either.

And I've got 2 kids in college.

MickeySP · Oct 9, 2015

NewRVLady said:
Twice on one day- our world is nuts

Just like the other this does not appear to be random but parties who knew each other. Or at least were aiming for a particular individual. So not random violence but unfortunately stuff that goes on daily. I always tell friends if you actually how many times guns are shot in at least cities, you wouldn't lead the house.t

Most cities have something called shot spotter - google it

Planogirl · Oct 9, 2015

I would bet that shootings where they know each other have always happened as MickeySP said. The press is just all over this stuff now.

LisaR · Oct 9, 2015

Planogirl said:
I would bet that shootings where they know each other have always happened as MickeySP said. The press is just all over this stuff now.

If Wikipedia is to be believed, the press has pretty good reason to be all over this stuff now. They group all school shootings by decade (K-12 through college, public, private, all shootings).

50's = 17
60's = 17
70's = 20
80's = 21
90's = 41
2000's = 44
2010's = 115 and we are only five years into the decade!
I'm happy the press is taking notice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States

longboard55 · Oct 9, 2015

This is the answer, give more drunk college kids guns

Planogirl · Oct 9, 2015

LisaR said:
If Wikipedia is to be believed, the press has pretty good reason to be all over this stuff now. They group all school shootings by decade (K-12 through college, public, private, all shootings).

50's = 17
60's = 17
70's = 20
80's = 21
90's = 41
2000's = 44
2010's = 115 and we are only five years into the decade!
I'm happy the press is taking notice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States

I didn't realize we had so much of this in this decade to be honest. That is a scary number.

CandleontheWater · Oct 10, 2015

So if the two parties know each other, then suddenly its not shocking? These are people shooting in broad daylight on a college campus, I find that horrifying no matter who was involved.

CPanther95 · Oct 10, 2015

All crime is shocking, but the fact that a crime occurs at or near a college campus located in a high crime inner-city area is not shocking at all. Colleges are already magnets for criminals with a high density of "rich kids" walking around with no protection whatsoever. Put that environment smack in the middle of a high crime area and you'll be battling constant crime on the periphery of campus.

When I was at Temple University in the 80's, our campus police force (real armed cops with full law enforcement authority) was the 2nd largest police force in PA - only Philadelphia's force was larger. Sometime in the next decade, Pittsburgh's force finally surpassed Temple's.

usd2bmd · Oct 10, 2015

Not sure what the answer is, but I know that at this point ignoring it really isn't much help.

Domo · Oct 10, 2015

Eventually, America is just going to say "Enough is Enough". I pray that it is soon.

EMom · Oct 10, 2015

CandleontheWater said:
So if the two parties know each other, then suddenly its not shocking? These are people shooting in broad daylight on a college campus, I find that horrifying no matter who was involved.

Not to be too jaded, but it isn't shocking if you're used to hearing about the amount of crime coming out of Texas Southern. I think they had 3 shootings in one week. It is in Houston, one of the country's largest cities and the university has a reputation for a high crime rate. I wouldn't send a kid there on a full ride.

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