A New York College is Threatened by a Shooter: A Student's View

After what has happened at Virginia Tech not too long ago, officials all throughout the United States are on their toes about beefing up security and helping to prevent this from ever happening at their college. Today, Suffolk County Community College's Ammerman campus, my college, was threatened to be shot up by one of it's own employees.

Carlos Nataren, a college employee, threatened the school, which is now amounting into heightened security measures, as well as full cooperation with Suffolk County Police. After Virginia Tech, no college is taking any chances with such a threat. In taking these precautions, Suffolk County Community College, as well as other colleges taking the same steps against such threatening people, are possibly saving the lives of their faculty, administration, and of course, their students.

Once Carlos Nataren exclaimed his threat, Suffolk County Police Officers were called in to take the man off the campus, and suspended Carlos Nataren from stepping foot onto the campus again.

Mr. Nataren, once arrested and investigated by Suffolk County police, was charged with second degree harassment and fourth degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Suffolk County Community College has also posted helpful information on their website, https://access.sunysuffolk.edu/Students/index.asp, and even give a picture of the man in case any students see him. If anyone is to see Carlos Nataren, they are to call campus security and Suffolk County Police without any hesitation, as he is an obvious threat to the well-being of Suffolk County Community College's faculty, administration, and students.

As a student that majors in Criminal Justice at Suffolk County Community College, I am personally shocked at the remarks one would make, especially due t the fact that Virginia Tech happened not too long ago. Even if Virginia Tech had never happened, nor Columbine, or any other school shooting, making such a remark is unacceptable at any degree, even if said comically, sarcastically, or in any manner. I am scared for the well-being of myself when walking through campus now, as well as my fellow peers, teachers, and any innocent being located on the Suffolk County Community College Campus.

I am happy, however, to know that the college has taken sufficient actions against Carlos Nataren and the threatening remark he has said. With such additions as beefed up security, and seeing more Suffolk County Police officers roaming around the campus, I will definitley feel much more at ease knowing that I am in fact being taken care of, security-wise a tleast.

I know the last thing that I want is for me to be looking down the gun barrel of a handgun that has just dispelled a bullet traveling at uncountable speeds to the human eye before it splashes into my skin, while the only thing I was trying to do was merely get an education in trying to stop people like this.

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