An armored vehicle stopped outside the University of Alberta "HUB Mall", carrying the money used to stock the ATMs.
Few details are released, but police are searching for suspects in the shooting of four people, three dead and one in critical condition at the University hospital.
The shootings happened around midnight.
"Well, at least the shootings happened late at night when the mall was closed, so no one except the armored vehicle staff were around," you may say. But that's the thing: HUB Mall is a really cool building that has a reeeeeeeally long row of stores on either side - with STUDENT RESIDENCES lining the sides on the upper levels, with several student lounges.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r1yU9kRvdZU/TsPoLgjeVLI/AAAAAAAAD10/Z079_mAcJ-4/s1600/HUB.jpg
That's the upper levels - there's a bunch of design workshops on the lower level of the mall.
So hundreds of students heard the shootings, and many students doing crunchtime in the workshops were rushed out of the building while the students in their homes were told to stay in their rooms. They're allowed to leave now, but can't go back in.
I'm told that the area around HUB Mall is nearly dead - the few who are there are silent and in shock. The entire University is reeling.
Now here's the part that scares me: My favorite spot in the entire university is "Skyview Lounge", an over-the-path suspended lounge that offers a lovely view out over the rest of the campus through a wall window.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/6787470.bin?size=620x400s
Right there, through the window just over the pedway.
So, had I done better on one final, I would have had a summer class to make up for some classes I was doing badly in (I flunked out by a minimal margin). And since me not doing too well in school is a sticking point at home, I would have stuck around at Uni as much as possible (I did that before I flunked). Thus, it's frighteningly likely I could have been IN THE HUB ATRIUM WHEN THE SHOOTINGS HAPPENED. If I was sitting in the right chair, I would have watched them happen (albeit from a distance).
<link=http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Three+dead+after+attempted+armoured+robbery+Edmonton/6787968/story.html>Source.
The U of A seemed like one of the safest campuses, having lots of security and a high student density. It's scary as hell to have that shattered, considering that I'm considering going back at some point.
For discussion, what's the worst thing that's happened at your school, and where were you at the time?
Few details are released, but police are searching for suspects in the shooting of four people, three dead and one in critical condition at the University hospital.
The shootings happened around midnight.
"Well, at least the shootings happened late at night when the mall was closed, so no one except the armored vehicle staff were around," you may say. But that's the thing: HUB Mall is a really cool building that has a reeeeeeeally long row of stores on either side - with STUDENT RESIDENCES lining the sides on the upper levels, with several student lounges.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r1yU9kRvdZU/TsPoLgjeVLI/AAAAAAAAD10/Z079_mAcJ-4/s1600/HUB.jpg
That's the upper levels - there's a bunch of design workshops on the lower level of the mall.
So hundreds of students heard the shootings, and many students doing crunchtime in the workshops were rushed out of the building while the students in their homes were told to stay in their rooms. They're allowed to leave now, but can't go back in.
I'm told that the area around HUB Mall is nearly dead - the few who are there are silent and in shock. The entire University is reeling.
Now here's the part that scares me: My favorite spot in the entire university is "Skyview Lounge", an over-the-path suspended lounge that offers a lovely view out over the rest of the campus through a wall window.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/6787470.bin?size=620x400s
Right there, through the window just over the pedway.
So, had I done better on one final, I would have had a summer class to make up for some classes I was doing badly in (I flunked out by a minimal margin). And since me not doing too well in school is a sticking point at home, I would have stuck around at Uni as much as possible (I did that before I flunked). Thus, it's frighteningly likely I could have been IN THE HUB ATRIUM WHEN THE SHOOTINGS HAPPENED. If I was sitting in the right chair, I would have watched them happen (albeit from a distance).
<link=http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Three+dead+after+attempted+armoured+robbery+Edmonton/6787968/story.html>Source.
The U of A seemed like one of the safest campuses, having lots of security and a high student density. It's scary as hell to have that shattered, considering that I'm considering going back at some point.
For discussion, what's the worst thing that's happened at your school, and where were you at the time?
