Hero OSU Officer Alan Horujko Kills Suspect, Nine Injured, Ohio State
University Incident Update
By Cowgirl On
November 28, 2016
Hero OSU Officer Alan Horujko Kills Suspected Terrorist
Columbus, OH – One suspect is dead and nine people
have been injured in an active shooter incident that occurred at Ohio State
University this morning. According to police sources, the suspect was
shot and is now deceased. It has also been reported that the scene is now
secure, and the lockdown and shelter in place instructions were lifted at about
11:30 a.m.. The Columbus (Ohio) Fire Department reported that nine people
had been transported to local hospitals, with one person listed in critical
condition, and the other nine people listed in stable condition.
According
to various news sources,the suspect, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, age 18, came
into the United States as a Somali refugee, and was granted status as a legal
permanent resident. He was an OSU student, and police and a bomb
squad are currently searching his West Side apartment. There were also initial
reports that there was a second suspect but those reports have now been determined
to be false. The suspect, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, is believed to have
acted alone. The attack was reported to have been planned and
coordinated. Multiple news sources are also referring to the attack as a
possible act of terrorism although the motive is still being investigated.
In
a statement, Ohio State University said that the victims’ “injuries
include stab wounds, injury by motor vehicle and other injuries that are being
evaluated.” Officials at OSU first tweeted an active shooter alert
shortly before 10 a.m. this morning. When that alert first went
out, many students barricaded themselves in their classrooms.
One
unidentified witness posted on Reddit that “I was about ~50 ft away from what
happened. A fire alarm went off in our building and everyone went into a nearby
courtyard. I think the fire alarm was legit, but I can’t be positive.
Ambulance, cops, and firefighters were already there/were about to leave. A
really beat up car drove into the crowd that was gathered in the courtyard. Our
initial reaction was to run towards the scene because we assumed it was just a
tragic mistake. It took the guy time to get out of the car, but he ran from his
car swinging wildly with a really odd looking knife. He was yelling like mad. I
booked it out of there and spent an hour and a half in lockdown in a geography
professor’s office.” A second, apparently different but also unidentified
witness also posted on Reddit that he thought he heard three shots after the
man with the knife got out of the car. It is unclear at this time what
the suspect yelled.
One
witness, Kendrick Price, an academic adviser at OSU, told ABC News he ran to
his second-story office window after hearing screams and that he saw a person
running toward police who was then shot multiple times.
According
to news sources, a student, Jacob Bowers, said he saw a man with a knife
“chasing people around trying to attack them.” He also said that “luckily
there were so many people he couldn’t focus on one target. I didn’t see
anyone get stabbed but I saw the police officer take down the stabber. He saved
lives today.” That hero police officer’s name has not yet been released.
Many
people reported hearing gunfire during the incident but it is believed that
this gunfire was from police shooting at the suspect. Ohio State
University Police Chief Craig Stone said that a car intentionally
rammed into a crowd of people standing outside of Watts Hall at OSU about 9:40
a.m. Watts Hall is the Chemical Engineering building at Ohio State University.
According
to Monica Moll, OSU Public Safety Director, Ohio State University Police
Officer Alan Horujko was already near Watts Hall when the suspect drove
his vehicle into a crowd of people. She said that OSU Officer Horujko “engaged
the suspect, who was attacking people with a butcher knife, and shot and killed
him within minutes.” She also said that “the threat ended when the
officer shot the suspect, and that “injuries were minimized due to the rapid
reaction of campus police.” Officer Horujko has been employed as an Ohio
State University Police Officer since January, 2015. He was uninjured.
According
to Ohio State University, OSU Police and local law enforcement continue to
respond to the campus due to the ongoing investigation. OSU held a news
conference a short time ago and said that information would be shared through
Buckeye Alert (Twitter) and emergency.osu.edu. Ohio State University
administration said that “our top priority remains the safety and security of
our campus community. Our thoughts and prayers are with those injured and their
families.”
Once the
scene was secured, an official statement was made by Ohio State University that
all classes were cancelled for today. Ohio Governor John
Kasich tweeted this morning that “Ohio’s thoughts and prayers go out to the
Ohio State community. Be safe, listen to first responders.” Governor Kasich
postponed an event scheduled for today in Dublin, Ohio, due to the shooting.
According
to the United States Department of Homeland Security, the definition of an
active shooter is “an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting
to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters
use firearms(s) [sic] and there is no pattern or method to their selection of
victims.” The phrase is used in law enforcement training and is not
weapon-specific.
We are
grateful to all law enforcement officers who responded, and especially to hero
Ohio State University Officer Alan Horujko, who was observed by witnesses
taking the suspect down. Thank you Officer Horujko for your courage,
bravery and unwavering dedication in this situation. Our thoughts and
prayers remain with those who are injured and all at Ohio State University.
Should
there be some type of vetting process for refugees from other countries who
come to the United States?
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