Students voice concerns at meeting

HAMPTON, Va. - "We absolutely got lucky because there was no loss of life - none," Hampton University President, Dr. William Harvey's said of this weekend's events.

Early Sunday morning a former student walked into an HU dorm, armed with three loaded guns and shot two men, before shooting himself.

Now that campus is secure, school officials are answering to students who say they still feel insecure.

"The fact that it happened once should be an indicator they need to change some things," said Senior Leon Hendrix.

Hendrix attended Monday night's meeting held by the Vice President of Student Affairs and the HU Police Chief.

Hendrix says he wasn't satisfied with what he heard. Especially when he asked what students should do if a similar shooting ever occurred. He says campus officials told him to ask his Resident Adviser.

"Which I think is absolutely ridiculous because if you get on an airplane they're not going to tell you if the plane goes down find me and I'll tell you how to swim," continued Hendrix.

Another question raised at Monday's meeting: why did campus officials wait two hours to alert students via text?

"As soon as you find out send it out to us so that if we were around Harkness we wouldn't go inside so if we were off campus we would stay off campus," said Moffett.

Chief Leroy Crosby told WAVY.com he stands by his decision.

"I knew immediately when I got there that the suspect was there and we apprehended him .. he was in custody and the situation was controlled," said Crosby.

Freshman Timothy Wiggins says he wants to see big changes when it comes to security on, and directly off campus.

"I hope they focus more on gun control as opposed to partying," said Wiggins.