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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: EC on October 09, 2015, 01:18:50 pm
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A suspect is in police custody after four people were shot near a residence hall at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff early Friday morning, according to university officials.
A statement on the university’s website and on Twitter said that one person had died in the shooting, which occurred just after 1 a.m. at the school, which enrolls about 20,000 students at its Flagstaff campus, 140 miles north of Phoenix. The shooting took place near Mountain View Hall. The building houses most of the school’s fraternities and sororities.
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The three survivors are being treated at Flagstaff Medical Center. University officials said on Twitter that they would be sharing more information about the shooting at 6 a.m. Mountain time on Friday.
Members of a fraternity, Delta Chi, were involved in the episode but it was unclear whether the person who was killed was affiliated with the fraternity, Justin P. Sherman, the fraternity’s executive director, said in a statement. “At this time, we can confirm that this incident had no ties to the chapter,” he said.
Arizona is an open-carry state whose voters have been strongly opposed to gun control measures in the past, but, Northern Arizona University generally prohibits weapons and firearms, with a few exceptions — guns are allowed in vehicles, for example, if they are stowed.
Politicians in Arizona quickly released statements about the shooting but did not approach the topic of gun control.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/10/us/northern-arizona-university-flagstaff-shooting.html