Opinion: Dear City of Memphis, Please text me if there’s a shooter at large
Memphis police officers extend the crime scene tape around the perimeter of an active shooter situation near the University of Memphis May 2. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Sarah Hunter Simanson
Sarah Hunter Simanson is a Memphis-based freelance writer who received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is working on her first novel. Her writing has appeared in The LA Times, HuffPost, Salon, Travel + Leisure, The Daily Memphian, and elsewhere.
“The City of Memphis should utilize the same tools that its colleges and universities and schools do when an imminent threat exists.”
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