Western Kentucky University Shooting – There have been reports of gun shots at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green and a fight on the central campus leaves at least one injured.
Details are extremely sketchy at this time, but students have been issued a warning about possible danger on the Western Kentucky University campus concerning sounds of shooting guns.
A Western Kentucky University campus spokesperson said that a fight broke out on the central campus, though reports of gunshots have not been confirmed.
The gunshots were apparently originally heard on the south end of the campus, but a search of the area did not reveal any evidence of anyone with a gun.
The only injury reported is not related to gun shots, though it is not known whether the fight on the central campus of Western Kentucky University is related to the reported shooting.
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October 22nd, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Reports now indicate that the fight broke out on the south campus, not on the main campus. It appears that no guns were involved in that south campus fight.
The SWAT team is onsite at Western Kentucky University to investigate the reported shooting, but nothing has been confirmed.
As a precaution, the campus alert system was triggered to warn students of possible danger.
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Hope this no gun since my sister goes
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Campus is on lockdown. Cellphones are not working. The entire phone network is overloaded with so many people trying to make calls out.
No one knows what’s going on!
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
All of the surrounding schools were also on lockdown. Including Bowling Green High and Bowling Green Junior High.
This needs to be cleared up because there have been a series of different stories floating around.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:59 am
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