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elleng

(141,926 posts) Tue Jan 21, 2014, 02:04 PM Jan 2014

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Shooting Reported on Purdue University Campus. [View all]

Police have a person in custody following a reported shooting at Purdue University in western Indiana.

A Twitter post from the university says the shooting happened Tuesday at the Electrical Engineering Building on the school's campus in West Lafayette. Further posts say police have a person in custody, though no details have been released.

The university says it told people to take shelter and have cleared the building as the area is searched.

Television footage from the scene shows a fire truck and several law enforcement vehicles around the building.
A university spokesman couldn't immediately be reached for details, including whether anyone was wounded.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/01/21/us/ap-us-purdue-shooting.html?hp

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Anyone think it would be a good idea for media to STOP reporting these?

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Shooting Reported on Purdue University Campus. [View all] elleng Jan 2014 OP

Why in the hell should these incidents not be reported? Paladin Jan 2014 #1

I'm concerned that too many unstable people seek the notoriety elleng Jan 2014 #2

"Hey, Ralph. Did you hear about the shooting at the neighborhood elementary school?" Paladin Jan 2014 #5

'Suicide plus ultra' does have an association with mental illness...but not all shootings do HereSince1628 Jan 2014 #4

I'm going to cut you some slack for the snarky response, because of my clairvoyance. (nt) Paladin Jan 2014 #6

Lol. It wasn't meant to be snarky...rather to cover a broad range of possibilities HereSince1628 Jan 2014 #7

that's a simply terrible idea. it's news. it damned well should be reported. cali Jan 2014 #3

One person has died ChangeUp106 Jan 2014 #8

Oh wow, my daughter-in-law works at Purdue. B Calm Jan 2014 #9

anything but deal with the guns BainsBane Jan 2014 #10

Why on Earth would the media not report such crimes? MineralMan Jan 2014 #11

Mitch Daniels (ex R Indiana Governor) is the Purdue University President B Calm Jan 2014 #12

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