{"50841":{"#nid":"50841","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Update on Campus Incident","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFriday, February 5, 8:30 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u2014\u003C\/em\u003EGeorgia Tech officials confirmed the name of the victim in Thursday\u0027s attack: Samer Tawfik, 39, a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Aerospace Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFriday, February 5, 1:30 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u2014Officer Robert Turner, who was injured in the process of arresting yesterday\u0027s armed assailant, returned to work today after receiving treatment for his wounds. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the assailant, Kshitij Shrotri, waived his court hearing today and is expected to appear in Fulton County Superior Court later this month. The victim continues to recuperate at Grady Hospital.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThursday, February 4, 5:30 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u2014Earlier this afternoon, a post-doctoral research fellow in the School of Aerospace Engineering was injured by an assailant who attacked him with a sword. The assailant was quickly subdued by Georgia Tech police officers, one of whom was injured during the arrest.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOur immediate concern is for the victims who were transported to Grady Hospital where they are reported to be in stable condition. The victim\u2019s name will be released after relatives are notified. The injured Georgia Tech police officer was Robert J. Turner, 29, of Griffin, Ga. He is expected to return to duty soon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe alleged assailant, Kshitij Shrotri, is being held in the Fulton County Jail. He has been charged with aggravated assault. Additional charges may be filed pending further investigation. Shrotri received his PhD in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech in 2008 and has not been affiliated with the Institute since then.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe rapid resolution of the incident preempted use of our emergency notification system, which is reserved for situations requiring members of the campus community to take immediate action.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Police Department investigation is on-going.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"An update on the incident that occurred on February 4","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"An update on the incident that occurred on February 4"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2010-02-05 10:27:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:16","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-02-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-02-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50026":{"id":"50026","type":"image","title":"Georgia Institute of Technology","body":null,"created":"1449175354","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:34","changed":"1475894447","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:47","alt":"Georgia Institute of Technology","file":{"fid":"126902","name":"tab26373.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tab26373_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tab26373_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":68457,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tab26373_0.jpg?itok=VhEU25mJ"}}},"media_ids":["50026"],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7250","name":"attack"},{"id":"349","name":"campus"},{"id":"170945","name":"sword"},{"id":"8397","name":"update"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}