I got woken up this morning at 9 AM by my roommate who wanted to check where I was because apparently there was an armed robbery in my apartment.

Luckily it was not actually in the halls and such, but in the shops below me.

Directly below me.

Like, when I got out of bed at 9:30 due to my roommates continuously talking about what was going on and thus not able to keep sleeping, there was yellow police line tape directly below my window. Three cops and a forensic guy were walking around less than 20 feet from my face.

The school has an alert system which sends out texts in emergencies, this being one of them. (Maybe even the biggest emergency they have texted about while I have been here.) Basically it said there was an armed robbery in my apartment area (remember I live above shops). Lock myself into an interior room and do not come to main campus (across the street).

Wow what an exciting morning!

-CF

(No word on if they caught the guy. We think we saw the police pick up a few bullet shells and a/the bag of money, you know being right there and able to see it, but we are not sure. I shall wait for the news report from the school and local newspaper.)