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Why were doors in the Hillman Library locked during the incident?

Three doors were locked and chained, Loftus explained, because of ongoing construction in the building — these doors led to areas being prepared for construction and weren’t emergency exits, which was indicated with signs.

When students encountered these doors while evacuating the building, Loftus said, “They moved to other exits, they went with the flow. I’m not pandering to our student body, our student body did a great job.”��

How will Pitt Police do a better job informing campus in the future?

Pitt Police are reviewing their communication processes to inform the campus community earlier, Loftus said. While they can’t send a message immediately when they’re notified of a call — in the first minutes after being notified they’re not yet sure whether there’s a real threat to campus — they may be able to send quicker messages notifying campus of possible threats.

“We’re working on some interim messaging, some things that we can do to steer people away from the area” without affecting police operations, Loftus said. “That’s my pledge, is we will do things like that in the future” in the case of active killer calls.

In incidents like these, Loftus added, “We have a clock running in our head — that we want to get this out as soon as possible, because we owe it to everybody.”

Are there similarities between this week’s calls and the similar malicious call at Central Catholic late last month?

While both the Central Catholic call and Monday’s involved disinformation about active killers, there were several differences between the two incidents. On Monday, Pittsburgh and Pitt police received three separate calls, while the Central Catholic incident involved only one. “How often do you see where there’s multiple calls, maybe from the same person, framing something?” Loftus said. “For the responding officers, they’re thinking — they should be thinking — ‘This is new, I’ve never experienced this before.’”

And the response force was much smaller Monday, Loftus said. While the response at Central Catholic involved hundreds of law enforcement personnel, “there were not as many people involved last night, and they were working their way through that search.”

It’s unclear whether there’s a connection between the two situations, Loftus said.

“These incidents have been occurring across the country,” he said, adding that he sees no indication they’ll stop or even slow down. “So what we will do is try to get better each time.”

What’s being done to try to find the caller?

Although Pittsburgh Police were only able to determine a partial number for the caller, local police forces are working with the FBI to investigate the caller’s identity. “We’ll throw the full resources of the FBI at this investigation all the way through, and if we can establish a federal nexus, we’ll prosecute it,” said Argiro, the Pittsburgh FBI Special Agent in Charge, adding that the FBI has tools that can track calls even when technology is used to obfuscate their source.

What are Pitt Police doing to prepare campus for the threat of active killers?

åLoftus noted that Pitt Police have trained more than 4,000 people on Pitt’s campus to respond to active killers. Training typically happens in the buildings where Pitt community members spend their time, so the training can be adapted to that particular environment. “We will go anywhere and talk to anybody about active shooter and active killer training,” Loftus said.

Anyone interested can learn more on the , which includes a video training, written guidelines and information for students, faculty or staff who wish to request a training.��

Have these incidents changed how Pitt plans to handle security at commencement later this month?

Loftus confirmed these incidents are factoring into Pitt’s preparation for commencement celebrations. “Rest assured — we always have a good presence there — and there will be even a larger, more complete, comprehensive presence,” he said.

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Photography by Johnathan Wright