NORMAL, Ala. (WHNT) — While the shooting at Alabama A&M has some on edge, students expressed little concern about how the incident was handled by campus police. 

Student Antonio Adams said he received a ‘bulldog alert’, which notifies students about events, while fellow freshman Victor Moore heard from his mother that there was a shooting on campus. 

“We were walking down to Chick-fil-A and then we got the alert,” Adams explained. “Then that’s when everybody was checking in on me and asking if I was ok and stuff like that.” 

Moore says that his only concern was that he did not receive a bulldog alert about the shooting at Knight Hall, a dorm where they frequently visit. 

“It was just very confusing because it happened so close, and we could have easily gone there and that could have been like a terrible situation,” said Moore.  

Both say that for them, after the shooting, it was ‘school business’ as usual and that this isolated incident was handled well enough to ensure their safety. 

One concerned mother, who did not want to be identified, says her son is a resident at the Knight Complex. 

“Last night I lost a lot of sleep, and I was like, oh my God what is going on with this,” the mother said.

The parent told News 19 that her son was also a student when a shooting occurred on campus last August involving two students. 

The mom says she received notifications through email about the shooting, but she says that was after multiple posts on social media.  

She says she wants her son to remain at Alabama A&M but is calling for timely alerts from campus officials in heightened issues. 

“I love the campus, I love that they kind of have plenty of on-campus things going on, but I think they need to put more effort into their security, like if there are issues, we need to find some solutions,” she said.

Both students did say, however, that their bags and dorm room were searched on Tuesday morning.