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Two dead after shooting at Ohio State University

A shooting incident has been reported at the Ohio State University, where three employees were shot, one dying on the spot at around 4:00 AM at the Ohio State University campus, today.”, Reported by Police chief at press conference, organized later.

On Sunday, the Ohio State University student newspaper, The Lantern, published an campus news piece about the “opt-in” alert system for alerting Ohio State students of crimes. When the system was created, students had to opt in to receive the alerts, though officials are now considering making the system opt-out instead. In a single week, three separate major crimes were announced through this system. By informing students, Ohio State University is hoping that students will be able to help keep themselves and the campus safer.

The shooter was taken into custody after a search of the area by police. Ohio State says that one person was rushed to an area hospital in critical condition and the the other victim is in stable condition.

The Ohio State shooting raises larger questions, too, about how to inform college students of emergencies. Most college campuses are very spread-out, sometimes with hundreds of thousands of students over campuses that are several square miles. Alerting students on campuses like Ohio State’s of emergencies can be difficult.

One of the victims, building services manager Larry Wallington, 48, died at the scene. The other victim, operations shift leader Henry Butler, 60, was in stable condition at Ohio University Medical Center, officials said.

More than a half-dozen employees were in the maintenance building when the shooting occurred and have been offered grief counseling, Denton said during a news conference.

“This is a tragic event, and our hearts go out to all of the families,” said Vernon Baisden, a university assistant vice president of public safety.

Graduate student Kiernan Gordon, 31, said he found out about the shooting from his wife, who called him on his cell phone while he was driving to campus. He said he didn’t have any concerns about his own safety.

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