One Dead, Multiple People Stabbed on UT's Campus

MY
GOOD AFTERNOON.
DOUG DUNBAR AND THE CBS 11 NEWS
OBTAINED.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE -- BREAKING
IS A MULTIPLE FRONTS.
IF YOU JOINED US EARLIER YOU
KNOW ABOUT THE SITUATION IN
DALLAS.
BUT I WANT TO TAKE YOU SOUTH
DOWN TO AUSTIN AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
IN PARTICULAR.
THIS PLACE HAS BEEN SWARMED
WITH TEXAS DPS OFFICERS.
WE HAVE AUSTIN CITY EPS AND
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MULTIPLE AGENCIES INVOLVED IN A
SITUATION WHERE AUSTIN POLICE
DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS VIA THE
TWITTER PAGE THAT MULTIPLE
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STABBED IN THE
AREA OF THE GREGORY CAMPUS.
THE GREGORY CAMPUS SITS ON THE
FAR WEST SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL
STADIUM.
IF YOU DRIVE IN AND OUT OF
AUSTIN YOU CITY STADIUM ON THE
WEST SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY JUST
ON THE OTHER SIDE IS WHERE THE
GREGORY GYM IS LOCATED.
THERE IS A GOOD LOOK AT THEIR.
THE GREGORY JIM ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
I 35 IS ACTUALLY OFF TO THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE.
YOU DO NOT SEE IT ON THE MAP.
THAT IS WHERE THINGS ARE
HAPPENING.
YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE
CONGREGATING.
WE UNDERSTAND VIA TELEPHONE
THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO JOSEPH
STRASSMAN WHO IS AN ENGINEERING
STUDENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON IT IS DOUG
DUNBAR WITH CBS 11 IN DALLAS.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU WERE
IN RELATION TO WHAT WENT ON AND
WHAT YOU KNOW?
I LEFT MY DYNAMICS CAT --
CLASS AT 12 NOON.
I NOTICED I WAS IN IF YOU GIVE
-- MY GROUP CONVERSATIONS WITH
OTHER STUDENTS AND PEOPLE WERE
RUMORED TO HAVE A GUNMAN ON THE
FILE AS WELL AS SOMEBODY HAD
BEEN STABBED.
I LATER HEARD THERE WERE FOUR
PEOPLE THAT WERE STABBED AND
ONE WAS DEAD.
BUT AFTER THAT IT IS USUALLY A
LOT OF RUMORS.
MOST PEOPLE ARE PRETTY FREAKED
OUT OR NERVOUS AND MY VOICE IS
ALREADY SHAKING TALKING ABOUT
IT.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE SOMETHING
LIKE THIS IS COMPLETELY
UNEXPECTED ON A CAMPUS LIKE
YOURS ON A DAY LIKE TODAY.
JOSEPH AUSTIN PD HAS TREATED
THEY DID NOT USE THE NUMBER
FOUR BUT THEY HAVE SAID THAT
MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
STABBED.
DID YOU WITNESS ANY OF THIS?
OR WERE THESE THINGS THAT YOU
HEARD.
NOT AT ALL.
I WAS IN THE LIBRARY.
I WAS -- NOT IN THE LIBRARY.
I WAS IN ANOTHER BUILDING.
I DID WALK DOWN THE SPEEDWAY ON
MY WAY TO ANOTHER CLASS AND SAW
-- I HEARD THE SIRENS AND SAW
THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES
AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A SIGHT
TO BEHOLD.
WE'RE TALKING TO JOSEPH
STRASSMAN AN ENGINEERING
STUDENT.
MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
STABBED NEAR THE GREGORY GYM ON
CAMPUS JUST ON THE WEST SIDE OF
THE FOOTBALL STADIUM.
JOSEPH, WHAT IS THE STATUS AS
YOU KNOW IT OF THE CAMPUS?
HAVE YOU HAD ANY TEXT ALERTS
FROM THE CAMPUS?
ARE THEY ON LOCKDOWN?
SUPPOSEDLY WE HAVE AN EMAIL
SPREADING NEWS TO THE STUDENTS
ABOUT THIS EVENT HAPPENING.
MY PHONE IS BLOWING UP WITH
REFERENCE TO A FEW DIFFERENT
GROUP CHATS THAT I AM PART OF
WITH OTHER STUDENTS.
WE HAVE GOTTEN AN ALERT TEXT
FROM DETECTING SERVICE AT THE
UNIVERSITY THAT THEY PROVIDE.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ALERT EMAIL.
AS FAR AS THE CAMPUS BEING SHUT
DOWN, I DO NOT KNOW.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
WHAT IS THE ALERT TEXT FROM
THE UNIVERSITY.
FROM THE CREDIBLE SOURCE.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE ?
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
NOT WORD FOR WORD.
IT SAYS THEIR IMMINENT THREAT
ON CAMPUS AND TO STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND INDOORS. IMMINENT
THREATS. IT SAYS THERE ARE
THREATENING -- ON THE CAMPUS
AND TO STAY INSIDE.
TO STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
OPEN SPOTS AND AREAS. WHERE
ARE YOU ON CAMPUS AS YOU SPEAK
TO US? I AM CURRENTLY INSIDE
THE PHILOSOPHY BUILDING.
I HAD TO STEP OUT OF CLASS JUST
TO TAKE THE CALL.
BUT I WOULD BE -- WAS MORE THAN
HAPPY TO AND I'M INSIDE THE
PHILOSOPHY BUILDING.
THAT IS ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE
TO PCL AND THE SITE OF THE
EVENT.
BUT I AM INSIDE AND EVERYONE
HERE SEEMS TO BE GOING ABOUT
THEIR NORMAL BUSINESS EVEN
THOUGH YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE
AIR.
IT IS STRANGE.
IS THERE A SENSE THAT THERE
IS AN ONGOING ASSERTIVE FOR
SOMEONE?
ARE YOU SHELTERING IN PLACE?
ARE THERE OTHER STUDENTS WITH
YOU? MOST PEOPLE SEEM TO BE
GOING ABOUT DAILY BUSINESS.
I DO SEE SOME PEOPLE -- AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR
PHONES AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT TO THEIR
STUDENTS, PARENTS OR PROFESSORS.
TO EITHER FRIENDS AND FAMILY
MAKING SURE THEY ARE ALL RIGHT.
FOR THE MOST PART, YOU CAN FEEL
THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE
NERVOUS.
IT IS NOT TO THE POINT WHERE
PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO SPECIFIC
SHELTERS OR DELIBERATELY GOING
INTO SPECIFIC PLACES FOR
EMERGENCIES.
PEOPLE ARE STILL IN THEIR
OFFICES AND CLASSROOMS.
FOR THE MOST PART, AND HASN'T
REACHED ANY CATASTROPHIC LEVEL
OF PEOPLE. THERE IS NO PANIC.
JUST A SENSE OF URGENCY.
AND ATTENTION.
WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF
PARENTS IN THE DALLAS FORT
WORTH AREA TO HAVE STUDENTS AT
DOWNTOWN.
WE APPRECIATE THE INSIDE LOOK.
WE WILL GET BACK INTO IT.
THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
IF ANYTHING CHANGES WE WOULD
LOVE TO CHAT WITH YOU BUT OUR
THANKS TO JOSEPH STRASSMAN AN
ENGINEERING STUDENT WHERE
MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
STABBED.
JOSEPH REFERENCES THAT THERE IS
TALK OF A FOUR BUT THAT IS NOT
CONFIRM TOOK ONE ALERT TEXT WAS
SENT OUT BY THE UNIVERSITY TO
ALL STUDENTS.
MOMS AND DADS LOCALLY NOTE THE
ALERT TEXT TALKS ABOUT AN
IMMINENT THREAT.
HE TALKS ABOUT STAYING AWAY
FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS.
BUT A PERSPECTIVE ON CAMPUS IN
A LIVE PICTURE, NO RUNNING OR
ANYTHING OF URGENT NATURE GOING
ON.

One Dead, Multiple People Stabbed on UT's Campus

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