Excitement on campus today

So this morning i was awoken by a friend frantically calling at 8:45am to make sure I was ok because apparently there was an armed suspect running around a UT library. Then I learned he killed himself. After we hung up, I checked my phone and had two text messages from the UTPD emergency notification service:

UT Alert: (armed suspect reported last seen at (PERRY CASTANEDA LIBRARY on 09282010 details to follow.

UT Alert: armed suspect reported last seen at PERRY CASTANEDA LIBRARY SHELTER IN PLACE STAY WHERE YOU ARE AT MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW

Soooo I got up, and poked around on the internet. Since this was like, 9:06, there was only one austin news station with a tiny report that was like, "check back later for more info." So since my alarm doesn't usually go off until 10:00, I decided to go back to sleep for a bit. This was sort of difficult because I could hear the campus alert sirens through my window, and it's a pretty sunny day with not a single cloud in the sky. So I put my phone on silent, turned on my itunes sleepytime playlist, and put an eyemask on. When I woke back up at 10:00, I had a TON of missed calls and worried texts and voicemails. Sorry, guys! There was even another one from UT, saying that classes were canceled. So I checked around and the website confirms it, no class today. I also checked the news, the local stations are milking this for alllll it's worth. They had random students on campus calling in to be like yes, i'm in lockdown, nothing exciting has happened, the end. I even went out to meet my aunt and get my PINK TOOLKIT (Thanks, Soule family!) and came back and they were still blabbing about it on the news. Apparently there was a second shooter reported, so they had to shut everything down for the rest of the day just to be safe or something. Who knows. Either way, looks like I have more time than I thought to finish my psych paper, and study for my mythology test...and a nap.

Copied from UT website:

AUSTIN, Texas — Updated at 9:52 a.m.:

The university is closed. All organized classes for today, Sept. 28, are canceled. If you are off campus, stay away. If you are on campus, lock doors, do not leave your building.

Updated at 9:37 a.m.:

The person involved in this morning's shooting on campus has been confirmed dead on the sixth floor of the Perry-Castañeda Library from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

No other injuries have been reported.

The university's alert system warned students, faculty and staff to stay in place or off campus. The alert system includes the emergency siren and loud speaker system on campus, emergency text messages and online communications.