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UT Student Kills Self a Er Firing AK-47 on 21St Street Witnesses Recount 1 HE AILY EXAN TWednesday, September 29, 2010 DServing the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900T www.dailytexanonline.com Gunman terrorizes campus UT student kills self a er firing AK-47 on 21st Street By Nolan Hicks Daily Texan Staff The UT campus was on lockdown for nearly four hours Tuesday because of a shooting incident that ended when the gunman, armed with an AK-47 rifle, took his own life after unleashing a barrage of bullets and being cornered by police on the sixth floor of the Per- ry-Castañeda Library. Campus admin- ON THE WEB: istrators identified Video recap of the the gunman as day’s events 19-year-old mathe- matics sophomore @dailytexan Colton Tooley. online.com A half-dozen law enforcement agencies, including the Austin Police Department, University of Texas Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Austin Independent School Dis- trict Police Department, responded to the shooting and its aftermath. Officials said no students were hurt in the shooting, although a couple of stu- dents were mildly injured during the evacuation process. “I am grateful to our campus commu- nity for the way it responded to the emer- gency that took place at the Perry-Casta- Tamir Kalifa | Daily Texan Staff ñeda Library [Tuesday] morning,” UT Austin police prepare to enter Calhoun Hall on the South Mall on Tuesday morning after a gunman opened fire near the Littlefield Fountain and later fatally shot himself on the sixth floor of the Perry-Castañeda Library. Austin Police Department and SWAT officers suspected an additional gunman was in Calhoun Hall but quickly determined the shooter acted alone. SHOOTING continues on page 7 At rst, I thought, ‘Is this really happening?’ ... You don’t Friends, family recall INSIDE: expect a shooting to happen when you go out for your day.” shooter’s personality, ‘‘ — Ashley McCrory, Computer science freshman Author talks on why re ect on motivation guns cut down on crime By Collin Eaton of Tooley and a former Daily Page 2 Daily Texan Staff Texan staffer. Friends remember Colton “He was a quiet boy,” Pla- Tooley, a mathematics soph- tis said. “He was always so re- omore from Austin, as quiet, spectful and sweet.” Vigils and classes will intelligent and helpful. His family was mostly un- be held tomorrow Although former high willing to comment, but Mar- school classmates cus, a family spokesman who Page 5 said he stood out would not dis- as an exceptional- close his last ly bright student, name, said he Former members of his presence at UT wanted people to was largely over- understand how UT community share looked until now. Tooley lived and experiences from ‘66 Craig Shapiro, not how he died. principal of Crock- “He couldn’t shooting. ett High School, or wouldn’t hurt Page 5 said Tooley gradu- a fly,” Marcus ated seventh in his Colton Tooley said. “If he was class and excelled Math sophomore depressed, you in every subject. would never Mental health impact “His teachers recall him know it.” and options with words such as brilliant, Mark Maxwell, a Depart- meticulous and respectful,” ment of Mathematics clinical Page 7 Shapiro said in a statement. professor and director of ac- Caleb Bryant Miller | Daily Texan Staff In high school, none of his tuarial studies, said he should Business freshman Trevor Egan looks out of Jester Center at the line of police in front of the PCL. classmates would have sus- have known about Tooley be- pected that Tooley was capa- cause he tries to meet students Timeline of events in ble of violence, said Plan II even before they get to campus south campus area. and journalism junior Rachel Platis, a high school classmate TOOLEY continues on page 7 Page 7 Witnesses recount school lockdown calculus class in Garrison Hall. She appeared to be a ski mask. She saw Unexpected morning event decided to go to class. At around him holding a long gun, which Aus- Site of shooting causes University response 8:10 a.m., McCrory said she saw tin Police Chief Art Acevedo later Camri Hinkie | Daily Texan Staff Complete coverage a masked gunman fire about five said was an AK-47. Page 5-7 of camaradarie, confusion rounds in the air. She hid behind “At first, I thought, ‘Is this real- By Aziza Musa a pillar of a nearby building as she ly happening?’” McCrory said. “I Daily Texan Staff saw the man run into the Perry- was wondering if this was a joke — Computer science freshman Ash- Castañeda Library. a really bad joke. You don’t expect For additional coverage ley McCrory got off the Forty Acres When the shooter was out of a shooting to happen when you go throughout the day, visit shuttle bus near Dobie Center on sight, McCrory approached a Dobie out for your day.” what she thought would be a regu- maintenance worker to make sure McCrory went to Benedict Hall, dailytexanonline.com lar Tuesday morning. what she saw actually happened. where students streamed news on McCrory was debating wheth- McCrory said the armed man was their laptops to learn more about er she should return to her room at wearing all black — a jacket that Littlefield Dormitory or go to her looked like a trench coat, and what HALL continues on page 7 ON THE WEB: Slideshow of images submitted by readers @dailytexanonline.com & #%' ) #$%& !% $$ $$%%$!! (%#"&$%$# %"&% $% $ &$ #&%# $ *+,-./0/123,4/+565+-/.2/7/482978/2+47,:;7.:2,/26/<5<95+/=+<-/26/*+,-./0/123,4/>82978/?:<:.5@A/57BC/26/DC:BC/:-/7/-5E7+7.5/85478/5,.:.FG/*+,-./0/123,4/??H/:-/7/B8:5,.I-5+J:,4/<5<95+/=+</82B7.5@/:,/.C5/KLG 2 2 NEWS Wednesday, September 29, 2010 THE DAILY TEXAN Volume 111, Number 78 25 cents Speaker advocates concealed weapons CONTACT US Main Telephone: Despite change of venue, (512) 471-4591 withdrawal of sponsorship; Editor: economist expounds views Lauren Winchester (512) 232-2212 By Nick Mehendale [email protected] Daily Texan Staff Managing Editor: A scheduled talk Tuesday eve- Sean Beherec ning by an advocate for concealed (512) 232-2217 carry on campus was moved to managingeditor@ an off-campus bookstore because of the shooting incident at the dailytexanonline.com Perry-Castañeda Library and the News Office: lockdown that followed. (512) 232-2207 John Lott, an economist at the [email protected] University of Maryland at Col- lege Park, wrote a book titled Web Office: “More Guns, Less Crime,” which (512) 471-8616 urges states to pass laws that al- [email protected] low law-abiding citizens with concealed carry permits to pos- ses firearms in all public areas, Sports Office: including on college campuses. (512) 232-2210 The lecture was moved to [email protected] Brave New Books, a self-pro- claimed libertarian bookstore Life & Arts Office: on Guadalupe Street. The talk (512) 232-2209 was sponsored by Students for [email protected] Concealed Carry on Campus, Photo Office: the Libertarian Longhorns and the Objectivism Society. The UT (512) 471-8618 chapter of the Federalist Society, [email protected] which originally invited Lott, re- Retail Advertising: scinded its support of the event (512) 471-1865 after the shooting, while the na- Ryan Smith | Daily Texan Staff [email protected] tional chapter maintained sup- John Lott, author of “More Guns, Less Crime” and senior research scientist at the University of Maryland, gives a lecture at Brave New Books on port for the talk. Tuesday. Lott presented his research findings and argued that gun bans may do more harm than good. Classified Advertising: Jeff Shi, president of Students for (512) 471-5244 Concealed Carry on Campus, said classifi[email protected] the shooting prompted the Liber- advantage. It is only the law-abid- laws on campuses are misdirecting Scott Lewis, the student Lewis said Tuesday’s shooting tarian Longhorns to approach the ing citizens that turn in their guns.” their fear to law-abiding citizens, group’s legislative director, said should not influence the debate bookstore to host the event. He said the lack of concealed who must pass mental health test- there was no reason not to go on about concealed carry on cam- The Texan strives to present all information carry laws may increase the ing rules and eight hours of train- with the talk. pus because Colton Tooley, the fairly, accurately and completely. If Lott said concealed handguns we have made an error, let us know would have benefited students number of fatalities when a gun- ing, instead of those cases in which “There is always going to be math sophomore who opened about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail man opens fire in a public place. mental illnesses were a factor in somebody crying foul, who says fire on the campus, did not have [email protected]. during Tuesday’s shooting on campus because those with a con- “At UT, we almost have these school shootings, Shi said. this is inappropriate at this place a concealed weapon. cealed weapon would be able to signs in neon up, essentially telling “Crazy is the problem,” Shi and time,” Lewis said. “But this “It’s part of the political cli- defend themselves from gunfire. [potential shooters] that the poten- said. “We are taught to fear a shooting was not perpetrated mate in America and through- COPYRIGHT “Criminals are going to be the tial victims they are facing are not completely different category by a concealed handgun license out the world that we tend to Copyright 2010 Texas Student only ones with access to weapons,” going to be armed,” he said.
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