A gunman carrying a rifle in a plastic bag was apprehended this
afternoon on St. John’s University’s Queens Campus without
incident, due to the heroic efforts of a University Public Safety
Officer (Dan Boylan) and a St. John’s student (Christopher Benson),
enrolled in the NYPD Cadet Program.
“I am grateful that the plan which we had in place for emergency
situations worked and worked well,” said Rev. Donald J. Harrington,
C.M., President of St. John’s University. “And, I’m also grateful
for the vigilance of our students who alerted us to the problem,
our Public Safety Office’s quick response and the NYPD, who arrived
on campus only minutes after a 911 call to assume full
responsibility for the safety of our campus.”
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