In the wake of a fatal stabbing near Gonzaga University’s campus, concerns about GU student safety have risen. However, Spokane Police Department officers and GU Campus Safety officers said that as long as students take precautionary measures and remain aware of their surroundings, they are much less likely to be a victim of a crime.
“One of the most common things we see are bike thefts or cars getting broken into,” Bennie Jordan, the crime prevention and training supervisor for CSPS, said. “But for when people are off campus, [students should] stay alert and stay aware, just because there’s a low likelihood of something happening, like a stabbing.”
The stabbing took place at the intersection of Mission Avenue and Hamilton Street on Oct. 6, according to an SPD press release. While walking to the nearby Safeway store, Richard W. Brown saw a man he believed to be a threat and attacked him with a knife and pepper spray. The other man, later identified as John Martin Holman, could not be resuscitated by first responders and died at the scene, according to Spokane County court records…