In other words, “He’s not at the school any more, so it’s not our problem.” Nice.
This seems to be just an extreme example of a broader trend for colleges to minimize and not report campus crime (or in this case threat of crime), so as not to ding the school’s reputation or relations with the local community.
So what would you have had them do? He had committed no crimes up to that point, and suddenly withdrew from the university after failing his oral exam, which was probably the final mental trigger for his rampage.
What would you have them do? Arrest the guy for doing nothing illegal on the advise of a shrink?
In other words, “He’s not at the school any more, so it’s not our problem.” Nice.
That’s nuts. Did they not consider the possibility that if he went off that he may come back onto campus and unload on students and teachers a la VA Tech?