As fate would have it, I'm due on the Widener campus Wednesday night.
We are kicking off a new partnership that will see us take our live-stream Internet broadcast, 'Live From the Newsroom,' to the campus and Widener's glittering new TV studio once every month.
If you haven't heard as yet, Widener had a little news last night.
A student was shot on campus. The student was shot as he sat in a car near the Schwartz Athletic Center on the edge of the campus. The victim is now hospitalized, and is critical but stable condition.
The campus was on lockdown until 6 a.m., but that has since lifted. Classes are expected to resume this morning.
Police do not believe there is a shooter still on campus. After the confrontation in which the student was shot, the suspect is believed to have fled into the nearby Sun Hill neighborhood that borders the campus. Police were searching the area with K-9 teams last night.
We seem to be awash in school shootings.
But we shouldn't get carried away with what certainly appears to be an isolated incident. Both police and school officials also are stressing that they do not believe this was a random act of violence.
We'll have more details and reaction from the campus on DelcoTimes.com later this morning.
And I guess I will add a couple of topics to our discussion of Pennsylvania politics when I head down to the campus Wednesday night.
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