Posted on Aug 29, 2023
'It’s horrifying': UNC Chapel Hill students and faculty react to campus shooting
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The two weren’t just hanging out or scrolling to see if their friends were off doing something fun. They were sheltering in place from an active shooter on campus, scrolling to see if any sites could provide information to what the scene looked like outside Cobb Residence Hall.
“We had the lights off, the blinds were down, the door was locked. The hall lights were off, so it was very eerie outside,” he said. “Whenever we learned something new, we just kind of bounced it back and forth and tried to confirm it or deny it or just piece a narrative together. We didn't succeed.”
Cogan McMichaels, a freshman at UNC-Chapel Hill, in a heather gray t-shirt with a solumn look on his face.
The two stayed locked in their dorm room for three hours.
Half a mile away, near the center of UNC’s Chapel Hill campus, the armed suspect shot and killed a faculty member in Caudill Labs.
Police arrested the suspect over three hours after the initial reports of shots fired came in from Caudill Labs, officials said at a news conference Monday evening. Charges were pending, and the suspect was not immediately identified. UNC officials did not immediately identify the staffer who was killed and said it was too soon to offer a possible motive."...
..."The two weren’t just hanging out or scrolling to see if their friends were off doing something fun. They were sheltering in place from an active shooter on campus, scrolling to see if any sites could provide information to what the scene looked like outside Cobb Residence Hall.
“We had the lights off, the blinds were down, the door was locked. The hall lights were off, so it was very eerie outside,” he said. “Whenever we learned something new, we just kind of bounced it back and forth and tried to confirm it or deny it or just piece a narrative together. We didn't succeed.”
Cogan McMichaels, a freshman at UNC-Chapel Hill, in a heather gray t-shirt with a solumn look on his face.
The two stayed locked in their dorm room for three hours.
Half a mile away, near the center of UNC’s Chapel Hill campus, the armed suspect shot and killed a faculty member in Caudill Labs.
Police arrested the suspect over three hours after the initial reports of shots fired came in from Caudill Labs, officials said at a news conference Monday evening. Charges were pending, and the suspect was not immediately identified. UNC officials did not immediately identify the staffer who was killed and said it was too soon to offer a possible motive."...
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