Towson University Officer Suspended After Triple Shooting On Campus, Student Released From Hospital

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Towson University said successful a connection Tuesday that a seasoned serviceman of the university’s Office of Public Safety is connected a paid suspension aft a triple shooting astatine a large, unpermitted enactment astatine the bosom of field implicit the weekend.

Three were hospitalized successful the shooting, including a student. The assemblage announced Tuesday that the pupil has been released from the hospital. She volition instrumentality to people and campus, the schoolhouse said.

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Only 1 unfortunate remains hospitalized.

The serviceman is suspended pending a afloat probe into whether they followed established process that evening. The schoolhouse said 400 radical were astatine the lawsuit erstwhile the shooting happened.

In a bid of emails, assemblage officials said the nationalist information beingness connected field has accrued aft Saturday’s shooting. They’re inactive asking students for assistance piecing unneurotic however a field enactment turned violent.

“Wow. I near earlier everything happened. That’s crazy. Happy I was capable to permission erstwhile I did,” said Sabrina Saltibus, Towson Sophomore.

A gathering, assemblage officials stressed was not organized oregon sanctioned approved by the schoolhouse oregon immoderate pupil group.

Towson University’s president called the shootings “an egregious enactment of violence” and told students they’d prime up the information presence.

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“It’s a mean happening to me. I’m not saying schoolhouse shootings should beryllium normal, but it’s, close present successful the U.S., benignant of normalized,” said Zachary Jackson, Towson Sophomore.

“The 1 clip I did determine to spell out, it was like, ‘Wow. I regretted it. I should person stayed successful my bed,” said Saltibus.

A $2,000 reward is being offered for accusation that leads to an arrest.

“If I knew immoderate information, I would assistance them, but… there’s cameras virtually astatine each azygous post. It’s benignant of upsetting they’re benignant of asking maine to really assistance the situation,” said Jackson.

WJZ reached retired to constabulary to spot if determination are immoderate updates successful the investigation. They said they don’t “have immoderate updates astatine this time.”

University officials besides declined our petition to speech today.

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The schoolhouse is offering students counseling and enactment services.

Paul Gessler