There's a slight difference between what Wirt writes
and what has been reported in the local news.

Wirt writes:

> Just in case you didn't already know this, a Long's Drugs Store employee
> foiled a Columbine-style massacre yesterday. A young girl developing
> photographs at a local Long's in San Jose saw the developing photos, was
> shocked by them, and called her father, who was on the police force.

All true so far.  But her father apparently suggested that she
call the police.  (Reportedly, her father is a San Jose police officer,
but I guess this doesn't mean that he could best handle the call himself.
A much stronger version of "enhancement requests from customers are best,"
I suppose. ;)

> They arrested the photographer, a 19-year-old named Al DeGuzman, as he was
> standing there waiting for the photographs to be returned to him. The
Long's
> employee stalled him until her father could arrive.

The girl did indeed stall the photographer, but I've seen nothing
to indicate that her father was among the officers to arrive.  Also,
there are reports of a brief foot pursuit inside the store, but
Mr. DeGuzman was apprehended therein.

> There are a fair number of people alive today who wouldn't be otherwise
> because of this Long's employee.

True indeed!  Apparently Mr. DeGuzman had been planning this for fully
two years, and had planned to begin planting the explosives around
campus at 4:30 this morning.

The show of force at the campus entrance when I passed by after 11am
was not conveyed by the various news reports.  Cops were *everywhere*,
and from many branches (San Jose police, local Sheriffs, CHP, and
apparently many others).  The street across from campus was lined
with various news vans.  Sleepy me didn't think to go back and get
a camera. :/  It was quite a sight!

--Glenn, whose internal clock is now roughly on Tokyo time,
         despite never having visited the area ;)