SPU hero: Send any more donations to victims

Florangela Davila • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Student Jon Meis, the hero of the Seattle Pacific University shooting, this morning thanked people for their support, requested privacy and asked that any future donations be directed to the victims. The shooting killed another 19-year-old student Paul Lee, and injured two other students. Sarah Williams, 19, who underwent emergency</p></h2>
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            <p>Student Jon Meis, the hero of the Seattle Pacific University shooting, this morning thanked people for their support, requested privacy and asked that any future donations be directed to the victims. The shooting killed another 19-year-old student Paul Lee, and injured two other students. Sarah Williams, 19, who underwent emergency surgery after the shooting Thursday, is now listed in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center. She was moved out of intensive care over the weekend. Meis has received tens of thousands of dollars in unsolicited donations. <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/north-of-26/index.ssf/2014/06/seattle_pacific_university_sho_5.html?ref=avalancheghost.one">The Oregonian reported</a> that some $15,000 has been donated for Lee's funeral, which will be held Sunday in Beaverton, Oregon.Meis wrote, "As I try to return to a normal life in the aftermath of this horrible event, I pray above all things for strength for the victims and their families." His moving statement is <a href="http://www.spu.edu/about-spu/press-room/Press/statement-from-jon-meis?ref=avalancheghost.one">here</a>.</p>
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Student Jon Meis, the hero of the Seattle Pacific University shooting, this morning thanked people for their support, requested privacy and asked that any future donations be directed to the victims. The shooting killed another 19-year-old student Paul Lee, and injured two other students. Sarah Williams, 19, who underwent emergency surgery after the shooting Thursday, is now listed in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center. She was moved out of intensive care over the weekend. Meis has received tens of thousands of dollars in unsolicited donations. The Oregonian reported that some $15,000 has been donated for Lee's funeral, which will be held Sunday in Beaverton, Oregon.Meis wrote, "As I try to return to a normal life in the aftermath of this horrible event, I pray above all things for strength for the victims and their families." His moving statement is here.

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By Florangela Davila

Florangela Davila is Crosscut's former managing editor. She also oversaw arts and culture coverage and hosted the daily "Crosscut Now" news highlights show on KCTS 9. She's a longtime Seattle journali