Incident at the blood drive today
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Apologies for the delay in notifying you all, but I've been busy in the medlab with Doug, and was expecting Charles or one of the other staff members to have taken care of this. I don't know all of the details, but I'll tell you what I do know.
This afternoon at the blood drive, there was an incident involving a man with a gun. It appears that Douglas Ramsey, acting on information he had access to, realised this was going to happen, and for reasons unknown, took it upon himself to attempt to prevent another student from being hurt. To this end he borrowed some Kevlar from Scott's uniform, which was in one of the vans, hid it under his shirt, and leapt in front of Rahne when the shots started.
The bullet hit him square in the chest, and the Kevlar did prevent him from being killed. However, the shock of the impact stopped his heart momentarily and CPR was required to start it up again. He was then taken to medlab, where he is in a stable condition. He has some bruising to the chest, both from the bullet and from me pounding on his chest to get his heart started again. Marie-Ange Colbert is also in the medlab, having been sedated at the scene. She should also be fine.
I don't know the whys and wherefores of the shooter, but he has been detained and handed over to the police.
This afternoon at the blood drive, there was an incident involving a man with a gun. It appears that Douglas Ramsey, acting on information he had access to, realised this was going to happen, and for reasons unknown, took it upon himself to attempt to prevent another student from being hurt. To this end he borrowed some Kevlar from Scott's uniform, which was in one of the vans, hid it under his shirt, and leapt in front of Rahne when the shots started.
The bullet hit him square in the chest, and the Kevlar did prevent him from being killed. However, the shock of the impact stopped his heart momentarily and CPR was required to start it up again. He was then taken to medlab, where he is in a stable condition. He has some bruising to the chest, both from the bullet and from me pounding on his chest to get his heart started again. Marie-Ange Colbert is also in the medlab, having been sedated at the scene. She should also be fine.
I don't know the whys and wherefores of the shooter, but he has been detained and handed over to the police.