Students, residents seek safety improvements after homicide
By Lexie Clinton | May. 1, 2008In the wake of the homicide of 21-year-old Brittany Zimmermann, many UW students and area landlords are thinking twice about safety precautions in homes.
In the wake of the homicide of 21-year-old Brittany Zimmermann, many UW students and area landlords are thinking twice about safety precautions in homes.
A rare server outage to the university's e-mail system occured briefly Tuesday afternoon, then continued for most of the day Wednesday, leaving UW-Madison students and faculty without a main source of communication.
Brittany Zimmermann, the 21-year-old UW-Madison student who was slain in her Doty Street apartment in April, called 911 the morning of the slaying but dispatchers did not return her phone call.
The 19-year-old victim was transfered to a local hospital for non-fatal injuries. Police say the shooting was not a random act and are still looking for suspects.
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