SAN ANTONIO – Students in San Antonio walked to their classes with heavy hearts on Tuesday, a day after three students were killed and five people were critically injured in a mass shooting on the Michigan State University campus.
“It’s just really sad to hear another shooting and especially on a college campus. It’s just innocent lives being killed,” said Edmond Lau, a UTSA student.
Elizabeth Silva, a student at San Antonio College, added, “As a student, it’s scary. As a mom, it’s heartbreaking.”
During the shooting, students on the MSU campus were ordered to go into lockdown. It hits close to home for one UTSA student who went into lockdown during her time at Texas Tech University.
“It’s terrifying. I know we had to think through choosing the best corner. People just started running, and we were in a study room, and we just had to turn off the lights and push things in front of the door,” said Jessie Zuo, a UTSA student.
According to data from the Gun Violence Archive, the U.S. has had more than 70 mass shootings in 2023 alone. The archive ualifies a mass shooting as a shooting with a minimum of four victims shot, either injured or killed, not including any shooter who may also have been killed or injured in the incident.
“Honestly, it feels like a systemic failure after a while,” said Daisy Medina, a SAC student. “Why does it keep happening? Why is nothing being done to make it happen less often?”
While some questioned guns, others wonder if having one would protect them from such a threat.
“Maybe I may get a gun myself too just to, like, take precautions, you know,” said Edmond Lau.
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