Run, hide, fight: Local colleges, universities bolster security as campus shootings persist

By , Daily Memphian Updated: May 21, 2019 11:00 AM CT | Published: May 13, 2019 11:54 PM CT
<strong>Sergeant Kenneth King (center)&nbsp; with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center&rsquo;s campus police assists firefighters with getting a patient who was injured during a rainy-day fall into the back of an ambulance on Thursday, May 9, 2019.</strong> (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Sergeant Kenneth King (center) with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s campus police assists firefighters with getting a patient who was injured during a rainy-day fall into the back of an ambulance on Thursday, May 9, 2019. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

As school shootings continue to occur in America, local colleges and universities are investing in equipment, training and counseling services to take every measure against a shooting on their campuses. 

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Rhodes College Southwest Tennessee Community College University of Memphis University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Michelle Corbet

Michelle Corbet

Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.


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