Some of the 20 students in this summer’s cohort will arrive at Elon with a strong background in volunteer work. It’d be great to have folks involved in our office but even if they’re not, I hope they see themselves as members of the larger Alamance County community,” Anderson said. “Helping students feel an early sense of connection to Elon. They participated in a Habitat for Humanity build and went on a tour of downtown Burlington, among other things. Austin Hart ’26 is shown here speaking about his motivation for participating in the program.ĭuring the four-day, three-night experience, the students spent time at the Maker Hub, the Center for Leadership and the Boys & Girls Club of Alamance County. Engage is also one of many First-Year Sumer Experiences organized by New Student Programs and other departments on campus. The Engage program is a collaboration between the Kernodle Center and New Student Programs for incoming first-year students and helps them feel confident and prepared for college life before the fall semester begins. “Give them a chance to meet some student leaders, faculty and staff on campus but then also get off campus and see some fun parts of the area they may not see otherwise.” “We try to organize a few different service opportunities during the week, along with opportunities for students to get to know more about what it’s like to be a student here on campus,” said Kyle Anderson, associate director of the Kernodle Center for Civic Life. The twenty students in the program were led on a tour by Assistant Director for Community Partnerships Sara Beth Hardy, left, before they explored a bit on their own and later had dinner.

The First-Year Summer Experiences (FSE) program Engage helped familiarize incoming Elon University students with downtown Burlington Thursday, July 14, 2022. Twenty members of the incoming Class of 2026 students got a taste of all the university offers to the community it inhabits by participating in the Engage: Community Engagement in Alamance County first-year summer experience. A formal investigation of the shooting is being handled by Detectives at the LAPD South Bureau Homicide Division, who are asking those with information to contact them at (323) 786-5113 or anonymously via of students throughout the years have come through Elon University and during their time have grown not only as professionals in their respective fields but as engaged civic leaders.

The identity of the deceased, to include the specific cause, time and manner of their deaths, will be determined by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner. The five other patients were reported to be receiving ongoing medical care. Sadly, the two most critically injured victims succumbed to their injuries after arriving at the hospital. Those patients, ranging from 23 to 54 years of age, received ongoing trauma care from LAFD Paramedics during prompt ambulance transport to hospitals across the region. With casualty collection underway and 17 LAFD ambulances at or approaching the scene, Incident Commanders established contact with regional medical control to assure hospitals were informed and prepared for victims, as the situation continued to unfold.Īlthough the concern of an active shooter thankfully proved unfounded, the joint LAPD/LAFD Rescue Task Forces swiftly deployed across the park proved effective in locating, triaging, treating and transferring seven adults with gunshot injuries to a casualty collection point. With initial reports to 9-1-1 conveying a dynamic 'active shooter' scenario at the crowded park, with one or more assailants still on site, first arriving Police and Fire Department responders established a tactical posture and unified command to rapidly assess the large scene, identify and actively neutralize threats, and prepare for emergency casualty collection, triage, treatment and transportation of patients under coordinated force protection.Īssuring the perimeter of the large park and key zones within were systematically secured and safe for both bystander egress and patient care took the well coordinated effort of Los Angeles Police Department Officers supported by 67 LAFD personnel, including specially trained Tactical Emergency Medical Support Unit Paramedics.

The LAFD was summoned at 3:51 PM on July 24, 2022, by the first of several 9-1-1 calls, requesting aid for several persons believed struck by gunfire in and near a parking lot and adjacent baseball field at Peck Park, 560 North Western Avenue in San Pedro.Īccording to witnesses, an informal gathering of local automotive enthusiasts was taking place in the parking lot, with a baseball game nearby, when repetitive gunfire erupted.

The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to assist multiple persons injured following reports of gunfire at a harbor area municipal park on Sunday afternoon.

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