As the University reaches the three-year anniversary of the Nov. 13, 2022 shooting, institutional reforms to campus safety remain a central concern for students, faculty and families. In the years since the attack and following external reviews of the incident, the University has reshaped its threat assessment infrastructure, expanded emergency alert systems, reorganized student accountability operations and significantly built out mental health services.
The tragedy of Nov. 13, 2022 unfolded when Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. shot five students on a bus headed back from Washington, killing Lavel Davis Jr., D’Sean Perry and Devin Chandler, and injuring Mike Hollins and Marlee Morgan. The University remained under lockdown for 12 hours while law enforcement worked to locate Jones.
Parents of the victims have questioned whether the tragedy could have been prevented. Happy Perry, the mother of D’Sean Perry, has previously said the University had warning signs and should have acted sooner, arguing that earlier intervention could have changed the outcome for the students who were killed or injured and those who continue to live with the trauma…