http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/us/santa-monica-college-shooting.html
So I get a call from my son at 10:55am saying he's done with finals and can his friend come home with him. I say yes and they are walking from Santa Monica High School to my house.
At 12:45pm I get a call from the school district saying that all the schools are on lockdown as of 12:24pm due to "police activity in the area".
Then the stories start to break. His walk home is about 8 blocks from the last shootings. The bike loop that my wife and I ride actually goes right past the location (she was off today). Crazy. I'm still on the other side of town but they've been home all afternoon with non-stop helicopters overhead.