- As news cameras from helicopters showed Redlands neighborhoods, resident posts had a common theme: how many blocks from the violence their homes were.
- Many wrote posts about how unsettling it is to see 'my hometown' on the news; many said this is not what we want to be famous for.
- Many people went online to announce they were safe.
- A teacher posted an article by Atlantic journalist James Fallows -- who also calls Redlands his hometown, about gun politics, as others made to prevent any talk of gun politics.
- Local politicians expressed condolences.
- And there was a lot emotion in the mix.
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