[blwall1416]

Ferrum College on Lockdown After Alarms Sound

http://www.wset.com/

[Fumblerooskies]

Better coverage here:
http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=7925869

[LUconn]

what/where is that?

[blwall1416]

what/where is that?

Past Smith Mountain Lake...past Rocky Mount.

[RagingTireFire]

what/where is that?

An hour south of Roanoke.

[Fumblerooskies]

Franklin County. I have relatives that teach and coach there.

[bigsmooth]

nice work fumble.....calling knuckle in 3..2..1.. and on a serious note prayers are going out for the ferrum college community.

[Cider Jim]

Franklin County? Probably just a moonshiner with a double barrel shotgun trying to protect his inventory.
(Maybe even a distant relative of Fumble's).

[Knucklehead]

We were on it a full hour before the station you refer to which is much closer to the incident.

[Sly Fox]

So am I missing something here or did this turn out to be nothing more than a drill for all intents & purposes?

[Knucklehead]

They just had another press conf that we streamed. They say that they don't really know at this point and are questioning person's of interest. Other than that you are right!

[mrmacphisto]

From what I remember (from news reports) a custodial worker saw a guy with a gun enter a dorm (the reports didn't say whether the gun was drawn or holstered, but it wasn't concealed). They made eye contact, and the guy told the worker not to worry, that nothing was going to happen. From all reports, nothing did.

[Knucklehead]

CORRECT SIR!

(no RTF my capslock is not stuck)

[Knucklehead]

FYI! they just called another press conference at 4:30 which we will carry live and stream on wset.com
They are STILL in lockdown with all the kids crammed in one place!

[RagingTireFire]

Worst. Fire drill. Ever.

Ferrum College closes after report of gunman
Classes canceled for rest of week after erroneous alert of 'possible shooting'

Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008 - 12:09 AM Updated: 07:14 AM

By REX BOWMAN
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
FERRUM -- Ferrum College has canceled classes through Friday after a cleaning woman's report of seeing an armed man in a dormitory yesterday prompted officials to erroneously alert students and parents of a "possible shooting" on campus.

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx. ... -0153.html

[Cider Jim]

In other words, their Spring Break starts half a week early.