Dalhousie students question university’s response to report of gunman in library

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“We got one and it was kind of jarring, and then one that followed up almost immediately to say, ‘We’re not sure so don’t leave the library’, and then a third one to say nothing was found,” she said.The third alert came at 2:27 p.m. and said the library was not being evacuated, but students were free to leave should they choose, as police continued a precautionary search “in relation to a suspicious phone call.

Ellie Garry-Jones, another Dalhousie student, said she thought the university handled the situation to the best of its ability.

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