UC Berkeley is facing criticism after its emergency alert system didn’t warn students until 40 minutes after shots were fired on campus on Feb. 9. Although no one was injured, students are concerned about what could happen if a similar delay occurred during a more targeted shooting.
A gunman fired nine shots into the air at around 8:40 p.m. at UC Berkeley’s Lower Sproul Plaza on Feb. 9, but the university’s WarnMe system did not send out an alert until 9:20 p.m., describing the incident as an “aggravated assault”.
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