[Vision2020] U.N.C. Charlotte Shooting Leaves 2 Dead and 4 Wounded

Wed May 1 14:21:30 PDT 2019

I am not in sympathy with the "carry everywhere" crowd, but guns on campus
in North Carolina are illegal:

Laws Concerning Carrying Concealed Firearms on Campus in North Carolina

North Carolina law prohibits any person, including a concealed handgun
permit holder, from carrying a firearm, openly or concealed, on educational
property or at a curricular or extracurricular activity sponsored by a
school. *This law has some exceptions,* however, including that an employee
of an institution who lives in a certain type of campus residence may carry
a handgun on the employee’s residential premises. Furthermore, it allows a
permit holder to store a firearm in a locked vehicle in the parking area of
the institution of higher education.

See N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-269.2(b)
<http://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-269.2.html>

<http://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-269.2.html>Updated:
August 1, 2018

Homicide is also illegal, but it didn't deter the shooter.

Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA

On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 4:21 AM Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com> wrote:

> Former Moscow (the one in Idaho) Police Chief Duke Testifies before the
> Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee on HB 222 (Guns on College Campuses) -
> March 25, 2011
> https://youtu.be/CFPnO-cAQcw
>
> Courtesy of the *New York Times* at:
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/us/unc-charlotte-shooting.html
>
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>
> U.N.C. Charlotte Shooting Leaves 2 Dead and 4 Wounded
>
> A man with a pistol walked into a classroom at the University of North
> Carolina Charlotte late Tuesday afternoon and opened fire, fatally shooting
> two people and injuring four others on the last day of classes, the
> authorities said.
>
> Chief Jeff Baker of the U.N.C.C. Police and Public Safety Department said
> at a news conference that three of those injured were in critical
> condition. The fourth had less serious injuries, he said.
>
> The police disarmed the suspect and took him into custody at a building on
> campus, Chief Baker said. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
> identified the suspect as Trystan Andrew Terrell, 22.
>
> The police declined to elaborate on a possible motive for the shooting.
>
> “One officer immediately went to the suspect to take him down,” Chief
> Baker said.
>
> He said the gunman did not say anything when he was taken into custody.
> “Our officers’ actions definitely saved lives,” he said.
>
> Mr. Terrell was charged with two counts of murder, four counts of
> attempted murder, four counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent
> to kill, possession of a firearm on an educational property and discharging
> a firearm on an educational property.
>
> Just before 6 p.m., the campus’s office of emergency management reported
> that shots were fired near the Kennedy Building, an administrative building
> in the middle of campus.
>
> Katie Ballard, 24, a graduate student in gerontology, was sitting in a
> classroom in a nearby building when her professor stepped out. The
> professor came back in and said she heard somebody had been shot. Then an
> alert popped up on a projector screen at the front of the class saying that
> gunshots had been fired close by.
>
> “Run, Hide, Fight,” the alert said. “Secure yourself immediately.”
>
> Ms. Ballard ran with about 30 other students to an empty room nearby and
> locked the doors.
>
> Ms. Ballard never heard any gunshots, but she heard helicopters buzzing
> while locked in the room. She heard students running up and down the halls.
> Through the window, she saw a man who had been shot in the abdomen. A
> handful of paramedics crouched around him, tending to his wounds.
>
> “It was so surreal,” Ms. Ballard said. “I just felt all the blood leave my
> face. I felt there’s no way this is real.”
>
> Eventually, she said, “the police came and knocked on the door, and we
> were all escorted out with our hands above our head.”
>
> Videos posted on Twitter showed police officers running in one direction
> while students streamed in the other direction.
>
> “We are in shock to learn of an active shooter situation on the campus of
> UNC Charlotte,” Vi Lyles, the mayor of Charlotte, said in a tweet. “My
> thoughts are with the families of those who lost their lives, those
> injured, the entire UNCC community and the courageous first responders who
> sprang into action to help others.”
>
> It was the final day of classes for the school year, with graduation
> ceremonies scheduled for early May. Some students were getting ready for
> the summer break, and some were preparing to attend an on-campus concert
> featuring the rapper Waka Flocka Flame, which was canceled after the
> shooting.
>
> Joan F. Lorden, the school’s provost and vice chancellor for academic
> affairs, said at a news conference late Tuesday evening that the school had
> canceled final exams through Sunday.
>
> “From today through the weekend,” she said, “everything academic is
> essentially canceled.”
>
> Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina said at the news conference that the
> state would take a “hard look” at how such shootings could be prevented in
> the future.
>
> “This is a tough day, but this university will get through it,” Mr. Cooper
> said. “One thing I do know is a student should not have to fear for his or
> her life when they are on our campuses.”
>
> The episode was yet another in a series of deadly shootings that have made
> headlines across the United States. It happened three days after a gunman
> opened fire at a synagogue in Poway, Calif., killing a congregant there,
> and came on the heels of anniversaries of other deadly school shootings. It
> has been a little more than one year since 17 people were killed in
> Parkland, Fla., and two decades since 13 were killed at Columbine High
> School.
>
> U.N.C. Charlotte is a public university with an enrollment of about
> 30,000. It is the largest postsecondary educational institution in the
> Charlotte area.
>
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>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
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>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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>
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