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During a calculus class, a school-wide lockdown was announced. The dean's panicked voice indicated it was not a drill. Students and their teacher hid in silence until a man was heard screaming, threatening to kill everyone, and banging on lockers and their classroom door. After what felt like an eternity, he moved on. The dean later explained that a mentally unstable person had entered the building, assaulted a front desk staff member, and staff were unsure if he was armed. The man was later found sleeping in a storage closet with a .44 magnum, but he escaped before police arrived.
During first lunch period, four loud booms were heard, initially thought to be thunder. Campus security quickly moved all students into the multi-purpose room, covering windows and guarding exits. Students learned that a mentally disabled man, also a registered sex offender, had barricaded himself in front of his house near the school, threatening suicide and the police. He had also been observed watching kids in a disturbing way. The lockdown lasted an hour, and students were later escorted to classrooms. A friend revealed that the same man had been seen on Halloween cutting his arm and writing threats in his own blood on his window.
An intern working in the school basement during lunch received a call about a lockdown due to a possibly armed intruder. With no secure door in his office or the basement entry, he turned off the lights and hid under his desk. His phone dinged with a text, alerting someone in the darkened room to his presence. He was pulled out from under the desk by a man in a red plaid shirt and a cap, who asked about exits. The intern then received a text from a coworker, Dave, warning him that someone in a red shirt and hat had shot Mr. Buckley. Realizing the man with him was the shooter, the intern ran for the upstairs exit. He narrowly escaped a gunshot and was met by police who apprehended the shooter at the basement exit. Mr. Buckley survived, and it was later revealed the shooter and Mr. Buckley had an undisclosed 'beef'.