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I am mystified by the university response. No lockdown? Our public schools go into lockdown mode even if there's a car theft in the vicinity. OK, maybe that's an exaggeration. But while at times I've thought our local schools have over-reacted to situations that turned out to be minor, I'm now definitely preferring over-reaction to under-reaction. Obviously, it's better to be safe than sorry.
I am further mystified -- as are others who've written here -- by the explanation that the university believed this was a mere, I suppose, "domestic" disturbance. Aren't these "domestic" disturbances the events that escalate into wider violence at workplaces, schools and other public spaces? Plenty of cops, co-corkers, neighbors and bystanders -- not just the original "domestic" targets -- have been killed or injured by perpetrators of "domestic" violence. That the response was muted because of the belief that this was a domestic situation is just dumbfounding. And, by the way, did university officials, after the first couple of killings, shrug off the shootings as no big deal because only a couple of people were dead?
