A spokesman from Northern Arizona University confirmed in a statement sent to USA TODAY College that an “error during the deployment” of NAU’s text alert system resulted in “limited distribution of the initial alerts” that a gunman — later identified as freshman<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Steven Jones —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>opened fire on campus Friday morning,
killing one and wounding three.
According to the same statement, the Northern Arizona University Police Department was notified at 1:20 a.m. of shots fired, and Jones was detained at 1:22 a.m. Emergency services were on the scene by 1:33 a.m. to assist the victims. The university would not comment on when the initial alerts went out, but did say that the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>alert system sent students a final all-clear message at 2:52 a.m.
It<span style="color: Red;">*</span>first updated its website with news of the shooting at
6 a.m.
Some students took to Twitter to express unhappiness with the alert system.
Thanks
@NAU for the alert that never came. Glad to know you will let me know the minute I have a payment coming up but not a shooting.
— Nick Weis (@_nick_weis_)
October 9, 2015
“We are shocked and deeply saddened by this incident. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families, and our entire Lumberjack family,” NAU’s<span style="color: Red;">*</span>president,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Rita Cheng, said in a
statement released this morning.
<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
Campus shooting,
emergency alert system,
NAU,
Northern Arizona University,
News<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
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