Most of us were shaken by the firearms incident at Crawley College this week.
Many of us went there, or have loved ones who work or study there now, and this was all very close to home.
Major incidents like this at schools and colleges are thankfully incredibly rare, and all the more shocking for it.
Armed officers attended the college after reports of shots being fired
The images of armed police swarming the building will certainly stay with us.
The scariest bit is often being caught up in an incident but not knowing exactly what is going on.
Art student Ruby Brumwell, 16, was sent with another student to another classroom to get something when the college went into lockdown following reports of shots being fired.
Suspect, who lives with his parents, reportedly frustrated with his studies and had struggled during lockdown
Two teachers injured and a man arrested following rampage at Crawley College in West Sussex on Monday
A neighbour said the suspect was having problems and had been struggling with lockdowns
Armed police officers and snipers responded to reports of gunshot fire at the site on Monday afternoon
Police confirmed that a man, 18 and from Crawley, was arrested and remains in custody for questioning
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Man arrested after alleged modern slavery activity at Crawley car wash
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of fraud after alleged modern slavery activity was reported at a West Sussex car wash.
Tuesday, 27th April 2021, 3:55 pm
On Friday April 16 officers from Sussex Police, together with representatives from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Home Office Immigration Enforcement (IE), West Sussex Fire & Rescue (WSFRS), the Dept of Work & Pensions (DWP), and the Gangmasters & Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) went to a car wash in London Road, Crawley, as part of an investigation into alleged fraud, modern slavery and health and safety offences, a spokesman said.
Officers also conducted a search at an address in Barton Walk, Crawley, in connection with the incident. Chief Inspector Shane Baker, of the Crawley Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “I’d personally like to thank everyone who helped to quickly bring this incident to a safe conclusion, especially the two members of college staff whose heroics have not gone unnoticed. They put themselves in harm’s way in order to protect their students, fellow employees and the wider public, and I am hugely grateful for their quick thinking actions. “During this, they sustained minor injuries – not gunshot wounds – and presented themselves to a walk-in medical centre. Thankfully, no other injuries were reported, and no damage was caused by the blank shots fired.