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1 day ago | 
campussafetymagazine.com | Amy Rock
One in five U.S. teens say social media has negatively impacted their mental health and nearly half say it has a mostly negative impact on kids their age. A Pew Research Center report published Tuesday determined teens are growing more wary of social media. The survey, distributed to 1,391 U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 in the fall of 2024, found 48% agree social media has a largely negative effect on teens — up from 32% in 2022.
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1 day ago | 
campussafetymagazine.com | Amy Rock
An elderly woman was spotted hiding in the bushes near an elementary school. After a campus security manager found items including rope, food, water and blankets in her car, police learned she was the grandmother of a student at the school and was planning to kidnap the child. On the last day of school before summer break, a non-custodial parent convinced her child to run to the perimeter fence of her elementary school as she waited to lead her to a getaway car.
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2 days ago | 
campussafetymagazine.com | Amy Rock
UnitedHealth Group spent nearly $1.7 million on security for its top executives in the final weeks of 2024 following the murder of CEO Brian Thompson, the healthcare conglomerate disclosed on Monday. Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the company’s health insurance division, was ambushed on Dec. 4, 2024, as he was walking toward the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel for the company’s annual investor conference, Campus Safety previously reported.
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2 days ago | 
campussafetymagazine.com | Amy Rock
NORFOLK, Va. — Two men were shot late Saturday night at Norfolk State University (NSU). The shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. on Presidential Parkway, one of the main thoroughfares on campus, 13 News Now reports. NSU spokesperson Stan Donaldson said the shots were fired in the school’s Greek Row section and that both NSU Police and Norfolk Police responded. The two victims were transported to local hospitals.
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3 days ago | 
campussafetymagazine.com | Amy Rock
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida State University (FSU) shooting suspect had a history of mental health issues and participated in youth training programs offered by the local sheriff’s department, according to various sources. The 20-year-old suspect, an FSU student, is the stepson of Jessica Ikner, a Leon County Sheriff’s deputy.
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3 days ago | 
campussafetymagazine.com | Amy Rock
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The victims of the April 17 mass shooting at Florida State University (FSU) have been identified. Two people were killed and six others were injured when a 20-year-old FSU student, who is the stepson of a Leon County Sheriff’s deputy, opened fire near the school’s student union just before noon. The gunman reportedly used his stepmother’s former service weapon during the attack, which she had kept for personal use after the force upgraded to new weapons.
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6 days ago | 
securitysales.com | Amy Rock |Peter Smith
Following the 2018 mass shooting tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the family of victim Alyssa Alhadeff successfully fought to establish Alyssa’s Law, state-based legislation that mandates all public elementary and secondary school buildings be equipped with silent panic alarms that directly notify law enforcement of an incident. The legislation first became law in 2020 in New Jersey, Alyssa’s home state.
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1 week ago | 
campussafetymagazine.com | Amy Rock
The Stop Campus Hazing Act, the first-ever federal anti-hazing legislation, was signed into law late last year by President Joe Biden. Due to yearslong advocacy efforts by victims’ families demanding greater accountability and transparency from universities, the federal legislation amends the Clery Act to require higher education campuses to disclose hazing crime statistics in its Annual Security Report (ASR).
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1 week ago | 
campussafetymagazine.com | Amy Rock
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A custodian at a Nashville elementary school was fatally stabbed by her estranged husband in the school parking lot on Monday. Metropolitan Nashville Police say the suspect, 54-year-old Candido Raul Rubio-Perez, was waiting outside Chadwell Elementary School when 52-year-old Niurka Alfonso-Acevedo arrived at work early Monday morning, The Charlotte Observer reports. Rubio-Perez allegedly ambushed Alfonso-Acevedo before fleeing the scene.
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1 week ago | 
campussafetymagazine.com | Amy Rock
DALLAS — Three students were shot and a fourth was injured during a shooting Tuesday afternoon at Wilmer-Hutchins High School. Dallas and Dallas ISD police responded to the campus around 1 p.m., WFAA reports. All of the male victims, ages 15 to 18, were taken to local hospitals. Three suffered gunshot wounds and one suffer a “musculoskeletal injury to the lower body,” according to Dallas Fire-Rescue (DFR) spokesperson Jason Evans.
