A UCF student, 26 year old Wenliang Sun, is now being deported back to China, officially due to violating the terms of his visa. In the past few weeks since the Parkland shooting people have been on high-alert for anymore suspicious characters, all afraid of another school shooting. Because of this fear, anyone who makes any kind of questionable actions sends up red flags. In Wenliang Sun’s case, university staff at UCF reported to the police that Sun had made big changes and was acting different. His appearance and behavior changed, and it was also discovered that he had just bought a new car with $70,000 cash. Although Sun had never made any threats against the university, or anyone for that matter, he had made strange comments to the school guidance counselor causing the police to start an investigation on him.
Sun was interviewed by and it was confirmed that he owned an assault like rifle and ammunition. Sun commented that he never took it shooting, that he just liked to look at it. Detectives also noticed that he had dyed his hair blonde, and many school shooters in the past changed their appearance before the incident as well. Days after the interview, Sun bought a .308 caliber rifle and began using it for target practice at Machine Gun America. Officials were able to revoke his visa after he stopped attending classes, which he was required to do in order to maintain his visa, and an immigration judge ordered that Sun return to China and to not return to the U.S for at least ten years.
Although officials feel better after sending Sun home packing, it poses the question of whether or not there was really enough evidence to do so. If officials were to apply the same criteria to every student; change in appearance and buying new things, or vague comments to administration, there would probably be a lot of false alarms. If people here at Timber Creek were judged and investigated the same way Sun was, would students feel better or worse?
