Man With a Rifle Is Arrested on St. John's Campus

Date: 9/27/07

When will the terror on campus stop? Not so long ago at Virginia Tech, 32 students die. Now someone bringing a rifle to school is just another crisis we have to worry about in New York. Yesterday, a 22 year old student at St. John University in Queens was arrested for carrying a .50 caliber rifle to school and wearing a mask. Luckily St. John's school officials captured him and no one was hurt. The school sent out text messages to students to alert them about the gunman and to stay out. Students were panicking, trying to lock themselves inside and build protection around them.

The school did not let anybody out until after 5:30P.M. Anxious parents and loved ones waited outside the school until further notices. This just feels like another terrorist attack waiting to happen. The one carrying the rifle, Omeash Hiraman look like a normal student going to school. But that's just base on our assumption. Looks can be deceiving and his parents have spoken out saying this was due to medication. Mr. Hiraman has just got out of scoliosis surgery and is confused.

The school handle this very well and Mr. Chris Benson was the one who held Omeash Hiraman against the wall. A neighbor of Omeash Hiraman said "he was all about books". As well as the school handle the situation, I still believe campus security could be better. One man just had courage to stop him but if no one did, what could've happen? The gunman lawyer is simply just coming up with excuses for his behavior. After Columbine, 9/11, Virginia Tech shooting, a society we live in has now been corrupted by killers.