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 http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=918857
 http://www.google.com/search?q=rpi+armed+robbery&hl=en&tbs=rltm:1&tbo=u&ei=K0O7S_udDYuI8wTy5eCGCA&sa=X&oi=realtime_result_group_more_results_link&ct=title&resnum=5&ved=0CCQQ5QUwBA
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http://www.rpinsider.com/archives/2916?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+RPInsider+(RPInsider)&utm_content=Twitter
http://blog.christianjohnson.org/post/500743763/lockdown-at-rpi-armed-robbery-for-40k-in-troy
http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/04/06/news/doc4bbb3848654aa476601720.txt
http://www.wgy.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=312698&article=6959050
http://www.wten.com/global/Story.asp?s=12263484
http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=12263270
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2010/04/05/daily8.html?ana=from_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+bizj_albany+(Business+Review+of+Albany)&utm_content=Google+Reader

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-===========Description of the event===============-
SUSPECT DESCRIPTION
UPDATE
 12:04pm via twitter @rpigm Suspect Description - Male Mid-20 5'8" 170-180lbs, open scrape on face, black clothing.
The Department of Public Safety and the City of Troy Police Department are continuing their investigation.  If you have information related to this incident, contact the Department of Public Safety or Troy Police Detective Division at 270-4426.
Allegedly took 50k source on this? the troy record article above ("police reports estimate between $40,000 and $50,000 was in the safe at the time of the robbery") does anyone have anything more recent?
    that should be fine
-==========Updates At the top, old ones at the bottom=========-
12:14 officers needed at Admissions Building and EMPAC as well as core campus for standby #rpi
    via http://twitter.com/w2sz // someone said in chats before that they were herding visiting students into EMPAC

Officials say Sage College is not on lockdown, despite rumors. #RPI1 minute ago via web
    http://twitter.com/JPaskoTRecord

There was a fire in the CII, from chats:
    12:12Sara: TPD did not open the vent bc it was jammed, but the fire is out. students evacuated to union
    12:12Anastasya: there was a fire. moved people to sage dining. very packed. but people from CII are still unsure about what exactly happened.
    no more smoke as of 1212

12:10 earendil27 Watching some people leaving the Troy building. Expect Campus Security to come attempt to keep them here any minute.#RPI

12:05 just got the 11:50 message to my dorm phone. anyone know why it is delayed?
cause rpi is trying to contact about 9000 people haha good point. we all seemed to get the cell ones at the same time, but I guess the land lines get clogged

On channel 9 news In depth coverage even!  12:01
    1200

    Channel 13 FOX news! We are also on there in depth coverage (12:01)

11:57 @rocketsci_sarah the 1801 6th Ave call is unrelated, for chest pain. if there are shots fired you'll find out here.
11:51 Mohawk Ambulance is responding to EMS call 1801 6th Ave with Engine 4.
    via http://twitter.com/w2sz
    What was this in reponse to?
            chest pains

nickcicero @llShesADoLLll 50k stolen from a credit union, gunshots fired, someones dead in Troy, NY. Armed Robbery, RPI is on lockdown.3 minutes ago from web
    1155 twitter
    sources?the source is nickcicero
    i can't find any connection between nick cicero and rpi, is he just some dude? Yeah.

11:50 new messagggge on the phone via text and voicemail and email
This is an RPI Alert. This is an update of the campus-wide emergency alert. The lockdown remains in effect, and the armed suspect remains at large. Further updates will be provided

11:48 Robbery Update #2
This is an RPIAlert. This is an update of our campus wide emergency alert. The lockdown remains in effect and the armed suspect remains at large. Further updates will be provided.
    via email

11:46 URGENT: Lock down
Resident students:

As you have probably read/heard, the entire RPI campus is on a lockdown due to a possible armed suspect in the vicinity of campus.  All members of the community are instructed to remain in their buildings, with doors and windows locked, until an “all clear” has been issued.  If you are in a residence hall, please remain in a room with the door locked, and report any suspicious or unauthorized people to Public Safety immediately.  Do not leave your room for any reason unless instructed or until an “all clear” has been issued.

RAs, RDs, LAs and Apartment Managers have been instructed to follow the same guidelines and to ensure that all students remain in place.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call Public Safety immediately at 6611.

The Residence Life Team
    via email (Amanda Bingel)

11:44 Shuttles appear to be moving again, whether they are online remains to be seen #rpi (per Dan KC2WLI)
    via http://twitter.com/w2sz

11:43 Per radio traffic TPD appears confused as to why RPI is still on lockdown. Apparently they have asked when the alerts will stop. #rpi
    via http://twitter.com/w2sz

ArthurGalpin The campus is on lockdown; they won't let me inside because I'm "dressed in black." Watching the #RPI #CII fire from the rooftops.
    via twitter @!1142

Denise Cummings  via Kate via Facebook from Fort Edward (40 mins north of rpi)
It's all over the news here! :) Fox crews are on thier way there!!
    1142

KevinMarshall To note: many businesses & Sage College downtown are also on lockdown. RPI's not the only one "overreacting" per @TroyMayor's indication.
    1140 witter

this is an update about our emergency alert lockdown remains in effect something remains at large? (shelter in place remains in effect possibly?) if something is at large it's prolly still the "armed perpetrator" of the previous message
    1138

11:36 shuttles have stopped wherever they were when ordered to stop. Normal shuttle operation is suspended. Another RPIAlert is going out #rpi
    via http://twitter.com/w2sz

loud unnecessary buzzes
    1136

Two black clothed figures, police, sighted running past lally
    11:33

11:32 @TroyMayor No shots were fired. No confirmed sighting on campus. City did not declare campus emergency. Many calls from citizens about alert message
//srsly? city has to declare campus emergency?  haha

11:21 26 24th St EMS call in the city. TFD and a commercial ambulance are responding.
    via http://twitter.com/w2sz

11:15 sounds like a small electrical fire in the lab, which has been extinguished #rpi
    via http://twitter.com/w2sz

11:13 TFD BOX ALARM CII Building. Responding units: Engines 2,4,6, Truck 2, Rescue Squad, Car 4. #rpi
    via http://twitter.com/w2sz
    What does this mean? TFD Box alarm? //troy fire dept, I live by the station and heard 'em rolling out
    Troy Fire Department engines 2,4,6, truck 2, rescue squad, car 4 responding to fire alarm in CII 8118
    WHat does the box alarm mean though? Alarm pulled or fire sensed? Fire sensed, I think...wikipedia is largely unhepful, mentions telegraphs.

WALDO: just heard something go boom through my headphones @ Colonie Apts..hmm
    11:12

firetruck or ambulance just drove by quad
sirens just after
    11:11 eyewitness

11:10 Samaritan Hospital is on lockdown as well #rpi
11:10 CII room 8118 fire alarm #rpi
11:10 general fire alarm has just been activated at the CII. #rpi
    via http://twitter.com/w2sz

10:58 [RPIAMB-L:2263] Campus Alert
Campus-wide lock down, shelter in place is in effect.  Do not attempt to respond to day calls, a specified crew is standing by.    For those of you who were going to cover the health fair, be advised it is now cancelled.   All members should abide by the lock down.  Remember to  put your own safety first.   Contact the duty supervisor  if you have any questions.

Be safe,

Courtney Hart
Captain RPI Ambulance
    via email

10:57 per TPD they are working on cancelling the alert. stay in place for now.
    via http://twitter.com/w2sz

1054 another update...
this is an rpi alert there is a major emergency on campus an rpi alert will be sent to phones emails and websites with more information
    x2

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=918857 updated at 1054

via @knowak_record 10:52 went up to #RPI w @JPaskoTRecord. talked to a cop, who didn't know if lockdown was even still going on. 2nd alert went off 10min later. hmm.

voicemail 10:50am
"This is an RPI Alert. The armed perpetrator remains at large. Campus-wide lockdown remains in effect. All campus buildings are secured. Shelter in place remains in effect. An all clear will be sent via rpi alert when it's safe."

10:50 RPIAlert Armed Robber at-large Campuswide lock-down/shelter in place in effect Will send all clear via RPIAlert when deemed safe /Optout reply STOP RPI A
    via text

10:49 email ROBBERY UPDATE
This is an RPIAlert. The armed perpetrator remains at-large. Campus-wide lock-down remains in effect. All campus buildings are secured. Shelter-in-place remains in effect. An all clear will be sent via RPIAlert when the situation is deemed safe
    via email

10:44 [RPIAMB-L:2262] Do not respond to calls unless assigned by Duty Supervisor
This is for the entire duration of the lockdown.

Thank you,
Corey Stall 931
On-Duty Supervisor
--
Corey Stall '10
CSCI/PHYS
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
518.308.8803
    via email

10:44 LAST SEEN HERE: (source: @alloveralbany via twitter)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3021+Tibbits+Ave,+Troy,+NY+12180&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=3021+Tibbits+Ave,+Troy,+Rensselaer,+New+York+12180&gl=us&ei=yUG7S42fKoOClAfMzIyWBw&ved=0CAcQ8gEwAA&ll=42.733034,-73.666356&spn=0.008905,0.015793&t=h&z=16
    via twaterator!!!


There's no more police around the Sage quad, they all left a little while ago. Emergency over?
no more po around lally
    1033

Sounds like they're calling it off (edit, this was wrong)
(10:32 AM)
that doesn';t sound like a call off
I aint moving until i get an email saying move
Yeah or at least a text
Sounds like theye just confirming the alert again
"there is a major emergency"
sounds like only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades
so they're going to repeat the message every 1/2 hour?
relevant: 11:05ish
RT @TroyMayor: There will be some discussion withRPI about frequency,volume and content of their alert system message.(via @coreystall )

Updated info from the news article:
TROY -- Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have been asked to lock their doors and stay inside while police search for the gunman police say stole up to $50,000 from a check cashing business earlier today.
 The suspect is [was - outdated now obviously] reported to be near RPI's East Campus Athletic Village football stadium, and all students in the campus alert network have been notified by phone call and text message, RPI spokesman Michael Mullaney said.
A man in his late 20s made off with between $40,000 and $50,000 after robbing a checking cashing place just after 8:15 a.m., police said.
Troy police said the man, dressed in black pants and a black hooded sweat shirt, walked into Regina Check Cashing, 450 Hoosick St., showed a gun to the clerk and demanded cash.
The suspect fled on foot westbound on Hoosick Street, police said.
The RPI alert is in effect until further notice.
Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=918857#ixzz0kKZGtGlQ


From the CS Secretary at RPI:
One of our grad students just saw someone resembling this man walking
past Lally Hall.  TAKE SHELTER NOW.
    10:03 AM

This is an RPIAlert An armed robbery occurred on Hoosic St. The perpetrator reported near ECAV/LINAC. All should shelter-in-place, that is go indoors, lock windows & doors. An all clear will be sent via RPIAlert when the situation is deemed safe
http://alert.rpi.edu/
    09:59:37 -0400

Still going on, the guy is apparently "at large" now and still not caught.

A person with a gun is on campus. Please stay in your offices with the  doors closed, locked until the all-clear is sounded. If you have  students in a lab, please advise them to stay put, as well.

For  those of you who may not be signed up for RPI Alert (but you should  be)...

Kim


Kim L. Boyer, PhD
Fellow IEEE, Fellow  IAPR
Jefferson Science Fellow
at the US Department of State
Professor  and Head
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering

--============Amazing tweets============-
xJadabayy @Scream_Kiera hahaha yu aint dha onli one stuck in dha house . i live in RPI nd dey made meh cancled my sleepovah :(
Harl3mBarbi3 THEM SIRENS IS G0ING HAM ADT RPI

SuperMathNerd13 RT @zycom: @TroyMayor So RPI is only supposed to lockdown after somebody gets shot? Who cares if a gunman is on campus when nobody's dead yet. #rpi4 minutes ago from web


-==============Old Chat==============-

^^ so the paranoia sets in? how can he be near ecav and lally simultaneously?
He can walk...He was by ECAV quite some time ago
I would wager walking around would be quite an achievement for him, considering he probably has every troy cop looking for him...

There's a rumor shots were fired at corner of People & Burdett. Can't confirm that though. (via  @KevinMarshall, twitter)

I'm hoping he drops the money somewhere. I'm also hoping this goes on long enough to get my bio lab cancelled

i'm on the fourth floor of the library
perfect viewing, pubsafe and troy pd are out there

That link updates in real time from peoples' tweets.

Can the admin kick some of the DICKS? Only 16 ppl allowed on here at a time
    thats normal people who forgot to change their names

they had dogs out too

this is more fun than sigsys
I agree...got stuck at WRPI...
why is everyone dicks?
    Cause they didn';t change their names
    lol why is the default dicks?
    It isnt, someone changed them


yay wrpi
the upstate underground!
I'm in the vast lab in Sage



but people are walking outside, they probably just want to get everyone back inside cause people are being nonchalant about it

Note: This is accepted students week.
            Visiting days for today were cancelled
            Everyone who was already here for it is currently locked inside  empac
it's not accepted students week
it's spring visiting days, there's still a ton of people here though
yeah, well see if they want to still come here
Accepted students' day is Saturday. Of course they will; it's exciting! :D April 10th
actually rpialert is one of the only things i think our school does right. . .
Yeah, good investment...I'm happy about this one
virginia tech, man
no deaths yet
This is a robber on the run, not a killing spree...Guns aren't scary. :P Ah okay Ms. :P Salmon Color Text Background.
But there is a gun! The alert system made it very clear that we should be frightened for our lives.
He has a gun and if he robbed a place...now he is being chased by cops...

i'm just saying the system is in place because of virginia tech
that's ms. salmon text background to you
im with ms. salmon text background
virginia tech and whatnot

updates up top say he's near price chopper
where'd you hear this?
updates on the top of this thread, sorry "supposedly" near chopper