School officials in a new report say there was a delay in communicaiton following a shooting at a Woodbridge community college campus in December.
After shots were fired at Northern Virginia Community College off Neabsco Mills Road on Dec. 8, it took up to 40 minutes to send voice and text messages to students, faculty and staff informing them of the shooting, and telling them to shelter in place, according to The Fortnightly.
No one was injured, but systems put in place after the deadly 2007 Virginia Tech shootings - such as a designated operations room that was supposed to provide access to computers, phones and television news channels - were not utilized, the newspaper reported.
The report also shows there was limited access to security camera feeds, and that Prince William police - who were called to immediately after the shooting - were not able to get into the campus’ police office, which hindered their ability to get keys to classrooms, and the get the building's floor plans which were later used in a campus-wide search to ensure everyone had evacuated.
Jason Michael Hamilton, who was 20 at the time of the shooting, is set to appear in court Aug. 16 on an attempted murder charge in connection to the shooting.
Police say the shooter used a high-powered rifle that was purchased at a nearby sporting goods store. After walking into the school building, the gunman then walked into a fourth-floor classroom and fired two shots at a math professor who was standing just feet away from him. The teacher was able to evade the shots, the gun jammed, students fled and the shooter surrendered to police.
After shots were fired at Northern Virginia Community College off Neabsco Mills Road on Dec. 8, it took up to 40 minutes to send voice and text messages to students, faculty and staff informing them of the shooting, and telling them to shelter in place, according to The Fortnightly.
No one was injured, but systems put in place after the deadly 2007 Virginia Tech shootings - such as a designated operations room that was supposed to provide access to computers, phones and television news channels - were not utilized, the newspaper reported.
The report also shows there was limited access to security camera feeds, and that Prince William police - who were called to immediately after the shooting - were not able to get into the campus’ police office, which hindered their ability to get keys to classrooms, and the get the building's floor plans which were later used in a campus-wide search to ensure everyone had evacuated.
Jason Michael Hamilton, who was 20 at the time of the shooting, is set to appear in court Aug. 16 on an attempted murder charge in connection to the shooting.
Police say the shooter used a high-powered rifle that was purchased at a nearby sporting goods store. After walking into the school building, the gunman then walked into a fourth-floor classroom and fired two shots at a math professor who was standing just feet away from him. The teacher was able to evade the shots, the gun jammed, students fled and the shooter surrendered to police.
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