A recent string of crime and theft on the SBU campus has pushed the community into a state of confusion. Between armed robberies at Kelly Quad to an alleged armed gunman incident that occurred today, students and faculty say they don’t feel that their safety has been compromised, but they still have questions.
“To be honest, I didn’t feel endangered at all,” Francesca Rachmanow, a senior, said. She added that she just wanted to know what was going on. She said she heard that students were not allowed to enter or leave some buildings on campus, but hadn’t heard any details about an alleged gunman, and whether or not the police were able to locate him.
“The only thing I was told was that I shouldn’t leave the Union,” Rachmanow said. She said she was at the SINC site in the Union between 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
“I feel like the campus police are useless,” she said. She referred to recent reports of rapes at Roth Quad and students allegedly being held up by a gunman in Kelly Quad. “They couldn’t catch the gunman?” she said.
University police were stationed in the Student Activities Center throughout the day. They declined to comment about the alleged gunman, but said that no changes have been made in the situation since an “All Clear” text message was sent to the campus community around 3:30 p.m. Police said they don’t believe campus security has been compromised in light of this event.
Elbazar Rodriguez, a supervisor at the Student Activities dining center said he feels the campus is safe. “I work here everyday,” he said, “It’s fine.”
“I honestly think it can happen anywhere,” Joseph Awadalla, a Stony Brook sophomore, said. He said he wasn’t concerned about campus safety more after today’s events than any other day. “I can go to another college and it could happen there,” he said.
As of now, University police insist the campus is safe, even though the alleged gunman has not been caught. They said there is no longer any immediate danger in the situation.
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