In Case You Missed It: Gun Scare at URI
Saturday, April 06, 2013
"In Case You Missed It," GoLocal's Saturday feature, puts the week's top stories in one easy place for you to review and read. Check out what dominated the news cycle this week in Rhode Island and get all the details with these easy links.
A typical spring Thursday morning on the University of Rhode Island's turned confusing, terrifying, and tense, as a student outburst in a classroom in the university's Chafee Hall provoked a panic that he had a gun. An alert text sent to URI students was quickly spread and thousands and thousands of Rhode Islanders and those farther away watched and waited for news.
See the initial texts from URI, here.
As panic spread along social media networks (and the traffic to URI's home page crashed the site), the RI State Police issued its first official statement.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTRead what the State Police said, here.
Students gathered with media and awaited word.
See this interview with two URI students who were in an adjacent building to Chafee Hall when the alert text was sent.
While social media speculation flew across Twitter and Facebook, law enforcement officials searched Chafee Hall and emerged, wtih URI President Dooley, to give an official lift to the lockdown and answer questions.
Read coverage of Dooley's statement, here.
After the lockdown was lifted, students returned to classes, but the shock waves of yet another threat of gun violence echoed both in and beyond Rhode Island.
For expert and official responses, go here.
Read President Dooley's email to the URI community the next day, here.
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