A student with a concealed handgun stopped a mass stabbing at the University of Texas.
A student with a concealed handgun stopped a mass stabbing at the University of Texas.
Shortly after one person was killed and threeÂ injuredÂ during a 1 May 2017 stabbing attack at the University of Texas, a rumorÂ began that a student with a concealed handgun had stopped the attacker before police arrived. This rumor was largely based on a screenshot purportedly showing a text message from an alleged eyewitness: < He was walking into Greg next to me and this guy stabbed him in the heart and I ran inside and grabbed my gun out and came back out and chased the kid briefly but I wasnâ€™t comfortable shooting because people were around. They got him though. The kid outside of Greg is dead Iâ€™m pretty sure. Fuck that was scary.Â > Several outlets included a screenshot of a GroupMe message sent by Student Body Vice President Binna Kim mentioning a student with a concealed handgun license (CHL):Â Â However, Kim did not actually witness the incident and later apologized for sending the messages without having confirmed. < No confirmation that a student with a CHL stopped the crime. I apologize for sending that message in a GroupMe to friends before confirming. https://t.co/xiWanjOBlo â€” Binna Kim (@beanzkim) May 1, 2017 > The universityâ€™sÂ student newspaper The TabÂ alsoÂ mentionedÂ eyewitness reports of a student with a handgun. However, the paper never clarified who the eyewitnesses were and it is unclear whether they based their claims on Kimâ€™s messages. Although one alleged witnessÂ did claim that they grabbed a gun and â€œchased the kid briefly,â€ this account has not been corroborated by authorities.Â The Austin American-Statesman, a local news outlet, reported: < University of Texas police say the rumor of help from an armed student is false. They say they have found no corroborating evidence, be it video or first-hand accounts. â€œItâ€™s a rumor and thereâ€™s nothing to verify it,â€ University of Texas spokeswoman Cindy Posey said. >
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