The text message was short and to the point: Possible white male 23 yoa heading towards campus with gun. Avoid campus. This is not a drill.
It wasnâ??t supposed to be a drill, but it turned out it was.
Parkside police received a call from the Kenosha Joint Services dispatch just after 8 p.m. Tuesday, said Dave Buchanan, a university spokesman. That triggered officials to use the universityâ??s new messaging system to issue a warning by phone and by text. The university had just switched to the new system that same day, Buchanan said.