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| Shootings at Delaware State University | |
| 2007-09-21 | |
Police had identified two students as "persons of interest," and was questioning one of them, university police Chief James Overton said. The students were apparently returning from a cafe with a group other students when they were shot, Overton said. A 17-year-old male student was wounded in the ankle and refused to answer questions by police about the shootings, raising the likelihood that he knew his attacker, according to a federal law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. Classes were canceled for the day and students were being kept inside. "They've been directed to stay in their dorms," university spokesman Carlos Holmes said. "We don't know where the shooter's at." Gates at the university's main entrance prevented people from driving onto campus. The two students were shot before 1 a.m. on the Campus Mall, between the Memorial Hall gymnasium and Richard S. Grossley Hall, an administrative building. Campus police said they were notified about the shooting at 12:54 a.m. Holmes said the female student, also 17, appeared to have suffered serious wounds. "They could be potentially life-threatening," he said. The male student's wounds were not as serious and he was hospitalized in stable condition, Holmes said. The woman was taken to Christiana Hospital in Newark, N.J., with a traumatic wound to the abdomen, said John Wilson, the deputy chief of Kent County Emergency Services. She was in serious condition, Overton said. The man was taken to Kent General Hospital in Dover. Authorities, with the campus police in charge of the investigation, hoped to get more information once the victims were able to talk. They don't yet know about the possible motive. "We haven't had a chance to talk to them yet, and that's probably a big reason why the suspect is still at large," Holmes told KYW-TV of Philadelphia. He said he was not aware of any big parties Thursday night, although there was a rally organized to honor the so-called Jena Six, six black teenagers charged in a high school fight in Louisiana. | |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #5 It's interesting how the AP keeps changing these stories. They have dropped the "We don't know where the shooter's at" and they have dropped the "woman was taken to Christiana Hospital in Newark, N.J." (no doubt because it is in Newark, Delaware). If we don't post text on Rantburg, we are at risk of all looking at different versions. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2007-09-21 21:30 |
| #4 :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-09-21 19:12 |
| #3 With emphasis on not ending sentances with a preposition. That is something up with which I will not put. /Churchill (I think) |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2007-09-21 17:44 |
| #2 Sentances? A little remedial spelling might help, too. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-09-21 15:10 |
| #1 University spokesman Carlos Holmes, who said "We don't know where the shooter's at," needs a remedial English class. With emphasis on not ending sentances with a preposition. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2007-09-21 14:59 |