Lincoln U. tightens security after gunfire
Lincoln University is tightening security after five shots were fired at a dormitory early Saturday on the rural Chester County campus.
Lincoln University is tightening security after five shots were fired at a dormitory early Saturday on the rural Chester County campus.
No one was hurt in the incident, which followed an altercation at a party Friday evening. University police are investigating with assistance from state police and the Chester County District Attorney's Office. No arrests have been made.
Under new procedures, only one of the university's gates - the one on Baltimore Pike facing the gymnasium - will be open to visitors, who will have to show identification to the officer on duty, interim President Richard Green said in a memo to students, faculty, and staff.
Students, staff and faculty are being required to carry their university identification at all times.
"This is what we're doing for now to make sure the campus is safe," said Maureen Stokes, a university spokeswoman.
Lincoln officials held a mandatory safety meeting for students Tuesday and asked all staff and faculty to attend. Carmina Taylor, whose son is a senior at Lincoln, said parents should have been informed earlier of the incident.
Posting a statement on the university's website isn't enough, she said.
"Here we are three days after the incident, and there's been no [communication] to the parents," she said.
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