A state employee comes out of the transportation cabinet with his hands in the air as U.S. Marshals prepare to enter the building. (Chanda Veno | State Journal)
A Kentucky State Police helicopter flies over the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Wednesday afternoon as first responders fill Mero Street following a report of an active shooter in the building. The report turned out to be false. (Chanda Veno | State Journal)
State employees look at the vast number of law enforcement vehicles on Mero Street after evacuating due to the threat of active shooter Wednesday. (Chanda Veno | State Journal)
It was a phone call from a state worker in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet that launched an epic emergency response on Wednesday afternoon.
The employee, an administrative assistant, reportedly phoned Sam Ruth, commissioner of facilities, from a restroom on the fifth floor where she was hiding to report that there was an active shooter in the building.
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A Kentucky State Police helicopter flies over the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Wednesday afternoon as first responders fill Mero Street following a report of an active shooter in the building. The report turned out to be false. (Chanda Veno | State Journal)
A state employee comes out of the transportation cabinet with his hands in the air as U.S. Marshals prepare to enter the building. (Chanda Veno | State Journal)
State employees look at the vast number of law enforcement vehicles on Mero Street after evacuating due to the threat of active shooter Wednesday. (Chanda Veno | State Journal)
We used to smack the tobacco stripping room bench with an empty tobacco stick just to watch those working jump- startled from the loud pop.
Is it something like that they are doing for fun at the State office building these days ? It might have been funny back 40 years ago when we made loud popping sounds in the stripping room bu I don’t think it would be funny these days in a state office building full of 100’s of people? I don’t know for sure how many work in that expensive ,overly large building, my opinion.
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Why ? Does the secretary hear loud popping noises often?
We used to smack the tobacco stripping room bench with an empty tobacco stick just to watch those working jump- startled from the loud pop.
Is it something like that they are doing for fun at the State office building these days ? It might have been funny back 40 years ago when we made loud popping sounds in the stripping room bu I don’t think it would be funny these days in a state office building full of 100’s of people? I don’t know for sure how many work in that expensive ,overly large building, my opinion.
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Absolutely no attacks on other commenters, on guest columnists or on authors of letters to the editor. Our print and online opinion pages are sacred marketplaces of ideas where diverse viewpoints are welcome without fear of retribution. You may constructively critique the ideas and opinions of others, but name-calling, stereotyping and similar attacks are strictly prohibited.
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