@AlexanderKingsbury honestly I'm more concerned about a continuation of
#Stochasticterrorism (a new phrase I just learned) and the resulting one-off and lone-wolf violence on "soft targets" like
#protests,
#schools, malls, shopping centers, and events where there are crowds. Hell there was a brief scare at last year's
#homecoming at
#howarduniversity after attacks at
#morganstate and
#bowiestate.
#BlackMastodon #wekeepussafe AP report on the shooting last night at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD, a historically black college.
"It moved to its current site in northeast Baltimore in 1917, and was purchased by the state of Maryland in 1939 as it aimed to provide more opportunities for Black citizens"
https://apnews.com/article/morgan-state-university-baltimore-shooting-d1ddf588bdb6b758ae18783fee6c1323
Five wounded, no suspect in custody, maybe not identified yet
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/manhunt-underway-for-gunman-in-morgan-state-university-shooting-194391109986
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#baltimore #msu #MorganState #guns #crime #maryland
Multiple people have been shot on campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, police say
Police say multiple people have been shot at Morgan State University in Baltimore. The Baltimore Police Department said officers were on the scene Tuesday for an “active shooter situation” on the campus of the historically Black university. The address given for the shooting appeared to match a residential building. The department asked people to shelter in place and avoid the area. Police spokesman Vernon Davis told the Baltimore Banner that at least four people were shot. Their conditions weren’t immediately known.
#Baltimore police responded to an #activeshooter situation involving multiple victims at #MorganState University Tuesday night, the department confirmed to CNN.
Police officials have confirmed the incident is no longer considered an active shooter situation but are still asking everyone to shelter in place.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/03/us/baltimore-morgan-state-university-campus-shooting/index.html
"At least four people were shot on the campus of Morgan State University on Tuesday night in what police were describing as an active shooter event.
The shooting was reported to have occurred in the 1700 block of Argonne Drive, the address of a student dormitory and adjacent to the Northeastern District police station." #MD #crime #university #MorganState #ActiveShooter #shooting https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/morgan-state-university-shooting-baltimore-TSTAZIH4XZFH7IBJD3M7IC327I/
Baltimore Police: At least 4 shot on Morgan State campus
The shooting was reported to have occurred in the 1700 block of Argonne Drive, the address of a student dormitory.
#AJVerdelle
“My work at Princeton forced me to ask the question whether teaching this cohort of well-heeled, well-endowed Americans constituted a good use of my Black American time on earth.”
#MorganState #BaltimoreBooks @bookstodon
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