Campus Shooting at UAH

Some of you have already received my email alert regarding this. Today a shooting took place on campus at the school I attend. we have 3 dead, 2 critically wounded, 1 severely wounded. We have been told that they are all faculty members somehow related to the biology department but no other identification has been given beyond that. Campus is now cleared off of lockdown and students are being encouraged to return home for the evening, as all further classes and campus events have been cancelled. I ask that you pray for the faculty, students, and families affected by this event. The culprit is now in custody but no motive has been cited yet.

There is a campus alert system using text messaging and email to warn students of emergencies like this but so far I have heard unanymous reports that it failed to send out the alert message. I am also supposed to receive this alert but got nothing. I only found out because a friend called another friend, who messaged me. This is a serious problem for all students, but especially those who have a sensory-related disability such as hearing loss, deafness, vision loss, or blindness. The only time this alert system has actually funcitoned is during tornado warnings--we received warnings no sooner than five minutes after the funnel clouds had departed our vicinity. Many of the students are banding together to demand an overhaul and improvement of the system. We need to know when things like this happen WHEN THEY ARE HAPPENING in order to be safe! If this problem concerns you, please call or email UAH Campus Police and let them know they need to fix this grave oversight. You can find their contact information at www.police.uah.edu

Thank you for your prayers and support