Crawley College incident: 'The teachers that were involved are heroes'

Crawley Observer readers have praised Crawley College teachers and the police after yesterday's incident.
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The story made national and international headlines after reports of shots being fired at the campus.

The college was evacuated and armed police were in attendance at the college all afternoon and evening.

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An 18-year-old has been arrested.And on our stories on our Facebook page, readers left their note of thanks to the teachers and staff involved.

Police at the scene yesterdayPolice at the scene yesterday
Police at the scene yesterday

Sharon Brumwell: "I would like to say a massive thank you to all the police who attended this scene, you got my daughter out of the building and for this I will always be thankful x"

Lorraine Pollard: "The teachers that were involved are heroes they protected their students and staff! The police were very quick with responding, all the crawley police force and teachers are hero's in my eyes well done to all! And thankyou for keeping children, staff and the public safe!!"

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