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President Morales shares thoughts on MSU active shooter cont.
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California State University, San Bernardino, understands the grief and the difficulties the campus community at MSU is encountering.
Seven years ago, on December 2, 2015, all 14 San Bernardino County Department of Public Health employees who attended a training session and holiday gathering at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino were killed in a mass shooting.
CSUSB student Gabriela Lopez, 21, shared his fears that a mass shooting could occur on campus anytime, anywhere after hearing the news of MSU.
“Last semester while I was in the library, I remember police outside the John M. Pfau Library because of a shooting threat. They sent an email, but we didn’t receive any notification until the end of the day,” said Lopez. “Threats that we aren’t sure are real and what are because people say it just to say it, but there are people with real intentions.”
Lopez shared that past experiences of shootings locally add to apprehension about a shoot occurring at CSUSB.
“There has been a past mass shooting in San Bernardino, anywhere we’re vulnerable,” said Lopez.
On February 14, CSUSB’s