10-09-2015, 03:15 PM
ARIZONA
An 18-year-old college student was taken into police custody after he shot four people, killing one, in a confrontation near a residence hall at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff early Friday morning, university officials said.
G. T. Fowler, the chief of campus police, said that Steven Jones, a freshman, had opened fire after two groups of male students were involved in a confrontation. The police were able to take Mr. Jones into custody after he stopped firing the weapon and “everything calmed down for a few minutes,” Chief Fowler said.
In a statement, Northern Arizona University said another student, Colin Brough, was killed in the shooting. RIP. The three wounded students aare Nicholas Prato, Kyle Zientek and Nicholas Piring.
The wounded students are being treated at Flagstaff Medical Center. Chief Fowler could not confirm the condition of the survivors but said that each had gunshot wounds.
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.
Full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/10/us/nor....html?_r=0
An 18-year-old college student was taken into police custody after he shot four people, killing one, in a confrontation near a residence hall at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff early Friday morning, university officials said.
G. T. Fowler, the chief of campus police, said that Steven Jones, a freshman, had opened fire after two groups of male students were involved in a confrontation. The police were able to take Mr. Jones into custody after he stopped firing the weapon and “everything calmed down for a few minutes,” Chief Fowler said.
In a statement, Northern Arizona University said another student, Colin Brough, was killed in the shooting. RIP. The three wounded students aare Nicholas Prato, Kyle Zientek and Nicholas Piring.
The wounded students are being treated at Flagstaff Medical Center. Chief Fowler could not confirm the condition of the survivors but said that each had gunshot wounds.
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.
Full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/10/us/nor....html?_r=0