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Gunman Reported On Santa Fe Community College Campus
No Shots Fired, No Injuries Reported
POSTED: 1:58 pm EST February 19, 2008
UPDATED: 3:51 pm EST February 19, 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A Santa Fe Community College student is being sought after he allegedly pulled a gun on another student in an on-campus cafeteria, according to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office.
Gainesville police and Alachua County sheriff deputies searched the college's main campus on Northwest 83rd Street after receiving several reports of a man with a gun. There were no reports of a gun being fired and no injuries.
News about the gunman began circulating around campus about 1 p.m. and the college sent a mass e-mail to students and faculty, began evacuating the campus and canceled classes through 7 p.m. IBSYS.ad.AdManager.registerPosition({"iframe": false,"addlSz": "","element": "ad_N700074.3668","interstitials": false,"beginDate": "","endDate": "","getSect": "","name": "square","qString": "","width": "300","height": "250","section": "","useId": "","interactive": false,"useSameCategory": false,"topic": "","swSectionRoot": "","useZone": "","type": "DOM"});
College President Jackson Sasser told the Gainesville Sun that he believes they are looking for a student and that deputies believe he has left the campus.
"Once we have searched each building, on the advice of ASO, we sent the students home and secured those buildings," Sasser told the newspaper just before 3 p.m. "We're taking extra, extra precaution."
Deputies said the gunman and the other man may have had an altercation earlier. Both men are being sought, one of them on charges of aggravated assault.
"We don't believe it was random," Sheriff's spokesman Art Forgey told the Sun. "(The incident) was not directed at the school in general. We believe he was looking for one person. There was apparently a purpose."
Early Tuesday afternoon, college administrators sent the following e-mail to students and faculty:
This story will be updated as more information becomes available. Channel 4's Scott Johnson is on the way to Gainesville and will have complete, live reports on the local station beginning at 5 p.m.
Copyright 2008 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Gunman Reported On Santa Fe Community College Campus
No Shots Fired, No Injuries Reported
POSTED: 1:58 pm EST February 19, 2008
UPDATED: 3:51 pm EST February 19, 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A Santa Fe Community College student is being sought after he allegedly pulled a gun on another student in an on-campus cafeteria, according to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office.
Gainesville police and Alachua County sheriff deputies searched the college's main campus on Northwest 83rd Street after receiving several reports of a man with a gun. There were no reports of a gun being fired and no injuries.
News about the gunman began circulating around campus about 1 p.m. and the college sent a mass e-mail to students and faculty, began evacuating the campus and canceled classes through 7 p.m. IBSYS.ad.AdManager.registerPosition({"iframe": false,"addlSz": "","element": "ad_N700074.3668","interstitials": false,"beginDate": "","endDate": "","getSect": "","name": "square","qString": "","width": "300","height": "250","section": "","useId": "","interactive": false,"useSameCategory": false,"topic": "","swSectionRoot": "","useZone": "","type": "DOM"});
College President Jackson Sasser told the Gainesville Sun that he believes they are looking for a student and that deputies believe he has left the campus.
"Once we have searched each building, on the advice of ASO, we sent the students home and secured those buildings," Sasser told the newspaper just before 3 p.m. "We're taking extra, extra precaution."
Deputies said the gunman and the other man may have had an altercation earlier. Both men are being sought, one of them on charges of aggravated assault.
"We don't believe it was random," Sheriff's spokesman Art Forgey told the Sun. "(The incident) was not directed at the school in general. We believe he was looking for one person. There was apparently a purpose."
Early Tuesday afternoon, college administrators sent the following e-mail to students and faculty:
GUNMAN REPORTED AT SFCC NORTHWEST CAMPUS
A man displayed a handgun at the Santa Fe Community College Northwest Campus Food Court at approximately 12 p.m. noon Tuesday, February 19. The weapon was not used.
The individual is reported to be an African American male with a dark complexion, approximately 5 feet five inches in height with a medium build, wearing a green and brown striped shirt with baggy blue shorts that reach his ankles.
A man fitting the description of this individual was reported five minutes later at the SFCC Gym without incident. There are no other reports on this individual.
SFCC Police officers responded at the scene and called the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, which is responding to the Northwest Campus.
All students and employees are urged to exercise caution. Do not approach this individual.
Updates will be sent as soon as possible.
A man displayed a handgun at the Santa Fe Community College Northwest Campus Food Court at approximately 12 p.m. noon Tuesday, February 19. The weapon was not used.
The individual is reported to be an African American male with a dark complexion, approximately 5 feet five inches in height with a medium build, wearing a green and brown striped shirt with baggy blue shorts that reach his ankles.
A man fitting the description of this individual was reported five minutes later at the SFCC Gym without incident. There are no other reports on this individual.
SFCC Police officers responded at the scene and called the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, which is responding to the Northwest Campus.
All students and employees are urged to exercise caution. Do not approach this individual.
Updates will be sent as soon as possible.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available. Channel 4's Scott Johnson is on the way to Gainesville and will have complete, live reports on the local station beginning at 5 p.m. Copyright 2008 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.