Jo Ellison, an anchor for Fort Smith, Arkansas CBS affiliate KFSM, confronted each dad and mom nightmare when she dropped her daughter off on the College of Arkansas.
An lively shooter was reported on the College in Fayetteville round 12:30 p.m. on August 25. Police later decided it was a hoax.
“It’s trying as if it was one other swatting or hoax name,” U of A Police Division Assistant Chief Matt Mills stated throughout a press convention at round 4 p.m.
“I’m so grateful I used to be with my child on the College of Arkansas campus right now when the decision of a attainable lively shooter went out. Police have since stated there is no such thing as a lively shooter menace, no accidents, no experiences of photographs fired and no arrest right now,” Ellison stated on social media. “I had simply dropped her off at her dorm room and was driving away when the Alert got here.”
She stated she was a few mile away when she noticed dozens of police from “each company flying in the direction of the campus with their lights on and sirens blaring.”
“Regardless that she wasn’t far-off, my coronary heart dropped and all I wished to do was get to her. I did,” she added. “I skilled the continued search and even up till they stated there was no menace…together with her proper by my aspect. I’m so grateful for that.
