A nonfatal, self-inflicted shooting in a Towson University dorm Thursday night occurred during what Baltimore County police described as the “commission of a robbery,” authorities said Friday.

Police arrested someone not affiliated with the university Thursday evening. The person discharged a handgun and the bullet struck them in the lower body. They were taken to a nearby hospital.

Nobody else was hurt in the incident in Tower C.

Many students seemed generally unperturbed Friday morning by the previous night’s shooting. Residents of the Glen Towers complex milled around, walking to class and the dining hall, in sweatpants and pajamas.

Outside the towers at 10 a.m., a custodian emptied trash cans. There was no sign of university police or Baltimore County police.

Towson University President Mark Ginsberg said in a statement released Friday morning that firearms are prohibited on campus and that “an immediate after-action review is underway.”

“TU’s highest priority is the safety of our campus community,” Ginsberg said.

To get into the dorms, students have to scan their OneCard, which gives them access to most campus buildings. Non-students need to sign in with a security guard stationed in the lobby. There are no metal detectors or bag searches, which is typical for a college dorm.

“It’s basically an apartment building,” said Nick Kaczor, a sophomore who lives in the complex. “It would be unreasonable to put in any other security measures.”

Kaczor said he heard about the shooting not from a university emergency text but from the popular student app Yik Yak.

“They were saying that someone shot themselves,” he said. “I assumed it was a suicide.”

Blain Sahiulu, a sophomore who lives in the complex, said she didn’t even read the emergency texts from the university.

“I really don’t know what happened,” she said. “My suitemates and I saw a bunch of police last night when we were getting ready to go out, but that’s it.”

London Rawls, a first-year student who lives in an adjacent tower, said she found out what happened from a friend’s text.

“Then I looked out the window and there were like 10 police officers,” she said. “They brought a stretcher inside.”

Rawls said she saw a man removed from the building in the stretcher while handcuffed.

While Rawls said she’s fine and still feels safe on campus, she noted that one of her friends who lived in the dorm where the shooting took place took a train home this morning due to anxiety.

Most of the students who spoke with The Banner, however, felt similarly to Rawls: They’ve grown up with shootings and, because nobody died, felt comfortable going about their days.

“I still feel safe on campus,” said Elizabeth Bramble, another first-year who lives in an adjacent tower. “Someone was arrested last night and it was handled very well.”

John Daily, a sophomore who lives in the dorm complex, said he actually felt safer on campus this morning.

“They made the arrest in less than an hour,” he said. “I feel much more comfortable that we had someone responding in less than an hour.”

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