This is what I woke up to today, awful news. Haven't heard about anyone being hurt, hopefully they weren't.

Armed suspect fires shots, kills himself at University of Texas
By the CNN Wire Staff
September 28, 2010 1:43 p.m. EDT

(CNN) -- The University of Texas at Austin gave people the OK to leave campus Tuesday morning after a suspected gunman wielding an AK-47 fired shots and then turned the gun on himself inside a campus library.

The gunman died, said Robert Dahlstrom, chief of staff in the Austin Police Department. No one else was injured.

Police were searching for a possible second suspect and checking campus buildings for possible explosives left behind, said Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo.

Rhonda Weldon, spokeswoman for the University of Texas in Austin, said authorities are tightening the perimeter for their investigation, and it will be around the Perry-Castenada Library. This was part of an all-clear message from the university alert system.

The campus had been on lockdown, but Weldon said students were now allowed to leave, and shuttle buses were to transport students and staff away from the campus.

The university was under a lockdown and closed at mid-morning and all classes for the day were cancelled as law enforcement teams descended on campus.

An ambulance was seen just before 9 a.m. in front of the Perry-Castaneda library, CNN affiliate KXAN reported. SWAT teams, armored vehicles and helicopters surrounded the campus.

The identities of the suspect or suspects nor their motives were immediately known.

"A suspected shooter in PCL library is dead," said an alert posted on the university's emergency website at 10:30 a.m. "Law enforcement are searching for a second suspect. If you are off campus, STAY AWAY. If you are on campus, lock doors, do not leave your building. All organized classes for today, September 28, are canceled."

Later the all-clear message was issued.

University of Texas professor Randall Wilhite heard gunshots on his way to class and saw students scrambling to safety. He said he saw a man in a dark suit and a ski mask pulled over his face running toward the direction of the library a little after 8 a.m.

Wilhite said the man was carrying what appeared to be an assault rifle and fired it randomly.

"When I pulled up in my car, he stood right in front of me and didn't stop running but turned in my direction, fired three shots into the ground to the left of my car and kept running. I wasn't sure it was real until I saw the bullets strike the ground to my left."

Student Micah Geisenberg was already on a bus to the university when he received an e-mail alert to stay away.

"It's chaos right now," said Geisenberg, who heard a gunshot as he got off the bus near the library.

Matt Holiner heard a series of loud bangs from his dorm room, a couple of blocks south of the library. He suspected they might be gunshots, especially when he saw people running away. By mid-morning, there were at least 10 police cars outside his window.

jaysus

this pretty much took over my entire morning. niece is now back in her dorm room and i need a nap!

Be careful Mickey.

Sad. This is happening far to often, these days. College is supposed to be fun.

apparently it is....

for the shooter

I don't go to UT, although this does make it so that now 40% of the schools I'm applying to for grad programs have had shootings in the last 5 years.

That wont help the AK47 reputation of being innacurate.

But don't you work at a library at FSU?

if mickey gets shot, do we have an IP lock on PD?

Am I the only one who really enjoyed everything about this post?

Simple Schoolboy post

it was a good post

If I could edit it I would say "Lysander post" and post a picture of tank.

Reception in a non-library building. I appreciate the concern though.

What can I say, my heart bleeds for you. My heart bleeds for noone but you.

I do. And I Supervise security on top of that. So this is very sobering.

I'm with you.