1 dead in new campus shooting

[kiepie]

Garance Burke


Fresno - A college student opened fire in an apartment complex next to a university campus in California, killing one person and wounding two others, police said on Tuesday.

Members of a police SWAT team were communicating by cellphone on Tuesday morning with the suspect, trying to get him to surrender, police spokesperson Jeff Cardinale said.

Cardinale identified the suspect as 19-year-old Jonquel Brooks.

Police said the shooting followed an altercation at the apartment, according to officials at California State University, Fresno. Residents of the apartment complex, across a street from the university's Bulldog Stadium, were evacuated to the campus cafeteria, said Fresno State spokesperson Shirley Armbruster.

The university remained open for classes.

"The Fresno police said there was no danger to the campus because they had the suspect in the complex and we felt it was safe to have classes today," Armbruster said.

The university sent a notice to students, faculty and staff Tuesday morning and posted an alert for them on the school's Web site.

The owner of the apartment complex, American Campus Communities of Austin, Texas, also sent an e-mail to residents early on Tuesday telling them about the shooting and warning them to be cautious, said company spokesperson Gina Cowart.

The two people wounded did not have life-threatening injuries, authorities said

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And yet another truly disturbed student.

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

Not really anything like the "first" though.

Killing people he knew resulting from an argument... Still

 

[kiepie]

The first one was real bad, but still is

 

[Freshy-ZN]

Usa, Usa, Usa....

 

[GTi]

Anything and everything happens in America, just some kid trying to get notice.

 

[sabagamma]

Maybe they should have bought a Wii?