News flash! an incident occurring approximately 08:10-ish In a gun-free zone . . .
They'll be sending 100% of all the DPS and APD and probably the Sherrif's department down there. Traffic will be a nightmare. For those unaware, the UT campus is in the heart of downtown Austin. This will be a mess. My prediction: either a yabba dabba jihad, or a disgruntled liberal.
They are looking for a second shooter because the Police have conflicting reports of the shooter's description. If you are not sure what you saw, please shut up about what you think you saw. This is a busy area at 08:20 in the morning. Somebody will give a good report. If you called in with a half-remembered thing you heard from somebody who was looking the other way at the time, congratulations. You just cost a day of productivity at the University and several tens of thousands of dollars from the Police budget. They will be sweeping every nearby building, going door-to-door, for HOURS looking for a phantom.
Gun is called an AK-47. Almost certainly an AK variant, not a true AK. Genuine (machine gun) AKs are hard and expensive to buy in the US because of the first setting on the rifle's fire controls. "Clip" often used in description . . . AKs don't use clips, they use magazines.
Shooter reportedly tall, skinny, light skinned (white/hispanic?) male
Walked around, firing left-handed from the hip. Not shouldered, not aimed.
Police chased him into library ~5 minutes after started shooting. When seconds count . . .
John Lott WAS actually scheduled to speak on the UT campus on the topic of concealed carry on campus. Everything scheduled for today on campus was cancelled, so the event has been moved. Timing.
Shooter was a 19 y.o. math major, sophomore at UT, from Austin, lived with family. Updated prediction: drugs or PTSD or ADHD-drugged as a kid.
Possibly copying a similar scene from a video game
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