Thankfully, as far as I can tell no one was hurt. I don't know who or why but my coworkers were on lockdown. Currently I'm working a temp job at the county I live in. There was a lull in work so people were chilling in by their cars and some of us, me included, fucking booked it once we found out shit was getting real. The one thing, however, that really peeves me off is that if we “decided” to leave early, instead of paying us for the day they're going to pay us out of our sick leave. A lot of us, me included, are temp workers that started this week, so not many of us will have it. We would be getting full pay if we decided to remain in the area and return to work once the situation cleared. This happened at around 10:00 AM and the situation was cleared around 1pm.
To top it off a letter was passed around by the local head boss (who doesn't even work there) thanking us for our response, vigilance, and even headedness. No mention of our pay, just a number to county mental health services and there will be a counselor on site tomorrow. I remember reading a comment the other day that in their country if there was as big a disaster as Uvalde, no one would go to work; everyone would be home until it was made sure this never happened again. Well, hope you're not reading this because much to your dismay we very much found out that if there is a mass shooting threat at our work place, they will still want us to come in if we want to get paid. In America, you're only as good as the amount of profit you generate.