the eyes of texas
Hi guys. Just wanted to post quickly to let you know that I am alive and well and not on campus trapped in my office in the dark while soldiers search the building for a crazed shooter. That's just my co-workers, and while I'm happy I was late to work and am not with them right now, I'm scared for them, too, and worried.
Here's what I know. At 8:15AM, while I was buying my breakfast taco at the People's Pharmacy, Lacey from work called me, She was like, "Where are you?" and at first I was like, "Oh shit, am I possibly in trouble for being late?? No waym I stayed until 7:30 last night..." So I tell her I'm getting a taco at the pharmacy, what's up? And she's like, "Don't come in, go someplace safe. There's a possible gunman on campus and they have us in lockdown, sitting in the office in the dark with all the doors locked."
I went to campus, deciding to wait it out. There are a lot of alerts at UT, usually about an armed person wandering around, but the thing is... it's perfectly legal to carry unconcealed (or concealed) weapons at UT. Maybe not assault rifles, but handguns and other types of rifles, yes. So an armed suspect is pretty common and usually the "alert" ands after 20 minutes or so.
I kept texting with Lacey, and then I heard on the radio that the shooter had killed himself, so I called the office wondering if I should come in, but my boss said no. Then I heard on the radio that there might be a second shooter, and decided to get the eff off campus while I still could.
Now I'm home and worrying about my friends who have supposedly been evacuated to north campus because the shooter was last spotted in Calhoun, which is one of the 2 buildings I work in, and connected to Parlin (in that Parlin becomes Calhoun halfway down a hallway on the way to the elevator). I just saw pics of soldiers entering my building. Lacey is texting me that they haven't been evacuated because they are "in the hot spot" and she said there's lots of crashing and thudding above the office.
I'm going to go do something useful to take my mind off this. Just thankful that everyone I know is safe.
Here's what I know. At 8:15AM, while I was buying my breakfast taco at the People's Pharmacy, Lacey from work called me, She was like, "Where are you?" and at first I was like, "Oh shit, am I possibly in trouble for being late?? No waym I stayed until 7:30 last night..." So I tell her I'm getting a taco at the pharmacy, what's up? And she's like, "Don't come in, go someplace safe. There's a possible gunman on campus and they have us in lockdown, sitting in the office in the dark with all the doors locked."
I went to campus, deciding to wait it out. There are a lot of alerts at UT, usually about an armed person wandering around, but the thing is... it's perfectly legal to carry unconcealed (or concealed) weapons at UT. Maybe not assault rifles, but handguns and other types of rifles, yes. So an armed suspect is pretty common and usually the "alert" ands after 20 minutes or so.
I kept texting with Lacey, and then I heard on the radio that the shooter had killed himself, so I called the office wondering if I should come in, but my boss said no. Then I heard on the radio that there might be a second shooter, and decided to get the eff off campus while I still could.
Now I'm home and worrying about my friends who have supposedly been evacuated to north campus because the shooter was last spotted in Calhoun, which is one of the 2 buildings I work in, and connected to Parlin (in that Parlin becomes Calhoun halfway down a hallway on the way to the elevator). I just saw pics of soldiers entering my building. Lacey is texting me that they haven't been evacuated because they are "in the hot spot" and she said there's lots of crashing and thudding above the office.
I'm going to go do something useful to take my mind off this. Just thankful that everyone I know is safe.