April 10, 2009
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Police investigate shots fired at Henry Ford college[/FONT]
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By LORI HIGGINS and ROBIN ERB
Free Press Education Writers [/FONT]Dearborn Police are investigating reports of shots fired on the campus of Henry Ford Community College.
A police officer at the Dearborn department said he could not say for sure what occurred.
A woman who answered the phone in the president's office at Henry Ford Community College tells the Associated Press police have secured the area but there was a gunman at the Dearborn school.
Diane Green, Henry Ford’s associate dean of counseling, said the campus sent out a message by its early alert system — specifically by a call to her cell phone — earlier this afternoon.
“They’re asking people to stay in offices and classrooms,” she said. “So we’re on a lockdown right now, but it’s very calm. They’re obviously taking control of the situation.”
In fact, staff in her office, she said, continued to meet with students who had appointments.
Meanwhile, public safety officers were put on alert at nearby University of Michigan’s Dearborn campus, but told there was “no threat” to the U-M campus, according to a statement issued by Rick Gordon, the police chief at the U-M campus.
Come back later to freep.com for more.
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Another Pistol Free Zone Incident. This is a current situation and reports are incomplete. A gunman commited suicide and wounded two others, one of which was an ex-ladyfriend.
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Police investigate shots fired at Henry Ford college[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
By LORI HIGGINS and ROBIN ERB
Free Press Education Writers [/FONT]Dearborn Police are investigating reports of shots fired on the campus of Henry Ford Community College.
A police officer at the Dearborn department said he could not say for sure what occurred.
A woman who answered the phone in the president's office at Henry Ford Community College tells the Associated Press police have secured the area but there was a gunman at the Dearborn school.
Diane Green, Henry Ford’s associate dean of counseling, said the campus sent out a message by its early alert system — specifically by a call to her cell phone — earlier this afternoon.
“They’re asking people to stay in offices and classrooms,” she said. “So we’re on a lockdown right now, but it’s very calm. They’re obviously taking control of the situation.”
In fact, staff in her office, she said, continued to meet with students who had appointments.
Meanwhile, public safety officers were put on alert at nearby University of Michigan’s Dearborn campus, but told there was “no threat” to the U-M campus, according to a statement issued by Rick Gordon, the police chief at the U-M campus.
Come back later to freep.com for more.
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Another Pistol Free Zone Incident. This is a current situation and reports are incomplete. A gunman commited suicide and wounded two others, one of which was an ex-ladyfriend.