Someone walked into a cafe near UW campus today (12 blocks) and shot up the shop. 3 people ended up dying and I didn’t find out about the event until I was on the bus to campus only 30 minutes after the event happened. I found out on my phone reading the news. At that exact time there was another shooting in downtown Seattle.
You’d think that UW Police would send out their usual text messages that they send out for things like chemical spills or burglaries. I mean 4 people were dead at this point with the gunman at large. Now that I think about it, I can’t believe I thought it was safe to continue going to school at all. It wasn’t until an hour and half after the first incident did the police send out an email saying to look out for this guy. An email. People always carry their cell phones. I find it incredibly unsafe that the police left an entire campus exposed like that.