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Shooting on UT Campus

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

There’s been a shooting on UT campus in Austin. Details are sketchy, but:

This would be a good time to revisit Karl Rehn’s advice on what to do if faced with an “active shooter.”

Updated to add: Ironically, John Lott, the author of More Guns, Less Crime, was scheduled to speak on UT campus at 6 PM today. Probably just one of those strange coincidences the universe throws up from time to time…

Edited to add 2: Here’s a live update blog. I’d take everything you read there with a grain of salt, especially reports of a tank on campus and the shooter having an “AK-47.” Possible, but remember this handy chart:

Edited to add 3: KXAN is reporting that it was an AK-47, the shooter as a 6’2″, 200 pound guy wearing a suit and tie, and that witnesses report he didn’t seem to be shooting at people so much as firing into the ground.

Edited to add 4: Here’s the live Austin police radio feed. Prepare to be bored stiff…

Edited to add 5: UT has given the all-clear, but the campus is still closed for the day. As predicted, police don’t think there’s a second gunman.

Edited to add 6: Shooter has now been identified as 19-year old math major Colton Tooley.