Washington College closes ‘until further notice’ as search for armed student continues
Source: Washington Post
Washington College closed “until further notice” as police intensified their search for a student at the Maryland college who is known to be armed.
On Monday, students sheltered in place after an alert went out about Jacob Marberger, a sophomore fraternity brother and student-government leader whose parents called college officials early in the morning to say he had left their home in Pennsylvania with a gun and they were not able to reach him.
Marberger was treated as a missing person Monday and officials emphasized he had done nothing wrong. College officials planned to hold classes at the small liberal-arts college Tuesday and resume normal operations at the campus on Maryland’s Eastern Shore after an overnight lockdown, despite considerable concern from students and parents unsure of the risk.
But on Tuesday morning shortly before 10 a.m. college officials abruptly canceled classes after getting new information from law enforcement, urged students to return to dorms immediately and faculty and staff to return to or stay in their offices until further notice.
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Why doesn't every student on this campus own a gun?
Don't they know that owning a gun is the way to prevent crimes being a commited with a gun?
