University of Central Arkansas Shooting-Victims-Obituary

University of Central Arkansas Shooting Victims

Obituary

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) – Police officers patrolled the University of Central Arkansas campus Monday and classes were canceled after a shooting in an alleyway left two students dead and a third person wounded.

Shots were fired in the heart of the campus Sunday night near a male dormitory and behind the campus police station. No arrests had been made by 7 a.m. Monday.

"This is just an awful tragedy. It's the worst thing that can happen on a college campus," interim university president Tom Courtway said.

After the shooting, one man fell to the sidewalk along a narrow alley between the dormitory and a fine arts center and died. Police said the two others rushed into the dorm, where paramedics later found them.

University police spokeswoman Lt. Rhonda Swindle had no explanation for the shooting, though she said police questioned one "person of interest" into the early morning hours. She said detectives believed four people were involved in the attack, though no arrest or search warrants had been issued in the case.

Swindle declined to identify the victims, saying officers were trying to reach their families.

Courtway canceled classes Monday at the university, which has 12,500 students. He said every precaution was being taken to ensure the safety of the students who remained in their dormitory rooms. "It doesn't matter where this happens in the country — it's awful," Courtway said.


Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press

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