2008 Woodie Awards
BAS receives bomb threat
Andy Harper and Tiffany Gibson
Issue date: 3/31/08 Section: News
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According to Murfreesboro Police Department, no suspect has been apprehended.
The bomb threat was received from the Kangaroo convenience store at the corner of Rutherford Boulevard and Broad Street in Murfeesboro, MTSU police said.
The call was made to the Murfreesboro police around 11 a.m. that morning. After receiving the call, the Murfreesboro police immediately notified the MTSU Department of Public Safety.
Video surveillance cameras at the store revealed a male subject getting into a white two-door vehicle, possibly a Nissan Pathfinder or Jeep Cherokee, and driving off.
"We were in the middle of a test when students began getting text messages from the alert system," said John Labonte, junior management major. "It was great how quick the warning was. I like that, but they could be more specific on where the threat was made."
Police declared an all-clear for the BAS at 3:05 on Friday after searching the BAS with bomb-sniffing dogs.
"I was in class, taking a communication test when I got a text message about a bomb threat," said James Denning, junior computer information systems major.
"I saw everyone going down the hall, so I'm pretty sure everyone else had gotten the alert message," he said. "I [didn't] think there [was] actually a bomb, but the [text messaging] system was definitely faster."
Students, faculty and staff were alerted to the threat via text message. The message instructed individuals to evacuate and stay away from the building.
After evacuating individuals within the building, police roped off all pathways around the exterior of the building until the threat was lifted.
All classes and events held Friday in the BAS were cancelled for the remainder of the day. Saturday classes and events were held as scheduled.
Students were allowed to return to the building to recover their belongings Friday afternoon, but the BAS remained under temporary lock down. Faculty and staff with keys were permitted to access the building.
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Daniel Bridges
posted 4/06/08 @ 11:37 AM CST
Great idea. Whenever you don't want to take a test, simply call in a bomb threat. Problem solved!
Ben Koehler
posted 4/07/08 @ 11:00 AM CST
Yeah, I would like to see you try that one then get cought. Not only would you be expelled from school but you would be the face of public humiliaty all over campus. (Continued…)
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