Post by Trojan By Birth on Oct 19, 2016 15:49:05 GMT -6
www.troymessenger.com/2016/10/18/shots-fired-on-troy-campus/
This is the third account of violence on campus after a homecoming game that I have been to. Although I didn't witness this one personally, I did witness two other scary violent situations following a homecoming game. I even had email conversations with Dr. Hawkins after I feared for my safety during CLB's final season. I'm done.
Dr. Hawkins just sent out the following email:
Dear members of the TROY family,
TROY's recent homecoming week festivities were marred by two, unrelated instances of gun violence. The University is mourning the loss of a student, and we know you are as concerned as we are.
The first instance occurred off campus in the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 14. Sophomore business major Derek Kennedy of Niceville, Florida, died as the result of a gunshot wound in an incident that occurred in the 300 block of Jane Road in the city of Troy. The University has provided counseling and other support to students, faculty and staff. There are no words to adequately describe the sense of loss we experience when we lose one of our own.
Pike County District Attorney Tom Anderson has indicated that Kennedy and a second person were seeking a lost cell phone at the time of the incident, which remains under investigation.
The second incident occurred shortly after midnight on Sunday, Oct. 16, near Sartain Hall, in connection with an annual, open-to-the-public, fundraiser event sponsored by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. A campus safety alert was issued at 12:28 a.m. following reports of shots fired, and the all-clear was issued at 1:30 a.m. Two individuals, who are not connected with the University, were arrested for fighting. There were no injuries reported.
These arrests - as well as other arrests in the city on Saturday night and early Sunday morning - were not of TROY students. In fact, we commend the actions of our students who knew what to do, where to go and, in some instances, even assisted police and University staff in disbursing groups of people from tailgating areas.
The University is taking steps to ensure such an incident does not happen in the future. No open-to-the-public events of this nature will be allowed for the remainder of the 2016 football season.
The University takes safety very seriously and, among other things, holds crime prevention programs, offers hands-on defense training, conducts an annual Safety Fair on the Troy Campus, and uses a comprehensive SOS alert system for fast communication in the case of unexpected events. We are proud to be recognized for safety, as we were last week when College Choice named TROY among the safest large universities in the United States.
TROY is our home, and you are our family. Together, we are mourning the loss of Derek Kennedy, and we are thankful there were no injuries when shots were fired on Sunday. We are proud of Troy University and know better days are ahead.
Sincerely,
sIGNATURES
Too late. Clean up Homecoming and maybe I will come back.
This is the third account of violence on campus after a homecoming game that I have been to. Although I didn't witness this one personally, I did witness two other scary violent situations following a homecoming game. I even had email conversations with Dr. Hawkins after I feared for my safety during CLB's final season. I'm done.
Dr. Hawkins just sent out the following email:
Dear members of the TROY family,
TROY's recent homecoming week festivities were marred by two, unrelated instances of gun violence. The University is mourning the loss of a student, and we know you are as concerned as we are.
The first instance occurred off campus in the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 14. Sophomore business major Derek Kennedy of Niceville, Florida, died as the result of a gunshot wound in an incident that occurred in the 300 block of Jane Road in the city of Troy. The University has provided counseling and other support to students, faculty and staff. There are no words to adequately describe the sense of loss we experience when we lose one of our own.
Pike County District Attorney Tom Anderson has indicated that Kennedy and a second person were seeking a lost cell phone at the time of the incident, which remains under investigation.
The second incident occurred shortly after midnight on Sunday, Oct. 16, near Sartain Hall, in connection with an annual, open-to-the-public, fundraiser event sponsored by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. A campus safety alert was issued at 12:28 a.m. following reports of shots fired, and the all-clear was issued at 1:30 a.m. Two individuals, who are not connected with the University, were arrested for fighting. There were no injuries reported.
These arrests - as well as other arrests in the city on Saturday night and early Sunday morning - were not of TROY students. In fact, we commend the actions of our students who knew what to do, where to go and, in some instances, even assisted police and University staff in disbursing groups of people from tailgating areas.
The University is taking steps to ensure such an incident does not happen in the future. No open-to-the-public events of this nature will be allowed for the remainder of the 2016 football season.
The University takes safety very seriously and, among other things, holds crime prevention programs, offers hands-on defense training, conducts an annual Safety Fair on the Troy Campus, and uses a comprehensive SOS alert system for fast communication in the case of unexpected events. We are proud to be recognized for safety, as we were last week when College Choice named TROY among the safest large universities in the United States.
TROY is our home, and you are our family. Together, we are mourning the loss of Derek Kennedy, and we are thankful there were no injuries when shots were fired on Sunday. We are proud of Troy University and know better days are ahead.
Sincerely,
sIGNATURES
Too late. Clean up Homecoming and maybe I will come back.