Three dead, two injured in shooting at Auburn University housing complex
Source: NewsCore
Three dead, two injured in shooting at Auburn University housing complex
NewsCore
June 10, 20126:26PM
THREE people were killed and two others seriously injured following a shooting at an Auburn University off-campus housing complex, WTVM reported.
The shooting took place at the University Heights apartment complex. Authorities at the scene would only confirm that there were multiple victims.
WTVM reported that the three deaths were confirmed by the coroner's office, adding that the two injured people were rushed to the hospital in serious condition.
The Auburn Plainsman reported that Auburn Tigers football players were among the victims in the shooting.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/multiple-victims-after-shooting-at-alabama-university-housing-complex/story-e6frfku0-1226390446129#ixzz1xNfIcwoE
Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)Report of Multiple gunshot victims in Auburn
Updated: 5:19 a.m. Sunday, June 10, 2012 | Posted: 5:18 a.m. Sunday, June 10, 2012
The Associated Press
AUBURN, Ala.
The police chief in the Alabama city of Auburn said early Sunday in a report that authorities have responded to a report of multiple gunshot victims at an apartment complex, but he gave no information on the situation.
Auburn Police Chief Tommy Dawson told the Opelika-Auburn News that police responded to a report of multiple shooting victims Saturday night but he had no initial comment on the situation nor would he circumstances involved or whether anyone was in custody.
The newspaper reported that emergency vehicles had converged on the University Heights apartment complex where a number of students attending Auburn University reside.
An Auburn police dispatcher contacted by The Associated Press said early Sunday she had no immediate information to release. Police did not immediately return repeated messages seeking comment and the dispatcher later said she did not know when authorities would publicly release information.
More:
http://www.wftv.com/ap/ap/crime/report-multiple-gunshot-victims-in-auburn/nPQLW/
Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)Shooting In America Leaves Three Dead
10:10am UK, Sunday June 10, 2012
Three people have been killed and two seriously injured in a college shooting in Alabama.
The shooting took place late on Saturday in an apartment complex off campus in the city of Auburn, Alabama.
Two of the victims are former students and one is a current student.
The search for the gunman is ongoing.
http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16244561
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TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)in a semi-civilized society.
Sickening.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)PavePusher
(15,374 posts)Or are you simply being particularly vile?
tabasco
(22,974 posts)The nation descends further into the abyss
IamK
(956 posts)Turquorius Vines, 23, said he was at the pool party Saturday evening at the University Heights apartments with one of his friends. He said he and his friend were approached by two other men who started arguing with them over a woman.
Vines said he punched one of the men, while his friend hit both of the men over the head with a bottle. Either one or both of the two men then started shooting, he said. He said his friend was shot and killed, while two others also were hit by gunfire. Vines said he had never before seen the men who he had been arguing with.
"It's like I lost a lung," Vines said of his friend. "I don't know how I'm going to survive this."
Several emergency vehicles had converged overnight around the University Heights apartment complex where reports indicated a number of students who attend Auburn University typically reside. The building was swathed in yellow police tape.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)Maybe more than that.
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)and the shooter was responding to a lethal threat. (Yes, hitting people in the head with bottles can be lethal, as well as the resulting broken glass parts.)
But the story/evidence is still pretty sketchy at this point, it may well have occured rather differently.
Zax2me
(2,515 posts)apocalypsehow
(12,751 posts)more sensible gun regulations are coming: probably in the next forty years or so this silly fetish with handguns we allow gumps to indulge in will come to an end. In the meantime, we'll keep getting stories like this, daily.
BamaFanLee
(64 posts)The sooner we have an outright ban on guns, the safer we will be.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)No doubt you would make exceptions for guns in the hands of certain government employees.
The Northerner
(5,040 posts)Eugene
(61,899 posts)Source: Reuters
By Tom Bassing
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama | Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:04pm EDT
(Reuters) - Police have arrested two men in connection with Saturday night's shootings in Auburn, Alabama, that killed three men and wounded three others, but the prime suspect remained at large despite a manhunt by state, local and federal authorities, officials said on Monday.
The shootings followed an argument at a pool party and killed two former members of the Auburn University football team and wounded a current member of the team.
The FBI, U.S. marshals, state troopers and police from Auburn and Montgomery launched a manhunt for the prime suspect, Desmonte Leonard, 22, who has been charged with three counts of capital murder.
The two men under arrest, Gabriel Thomas, 41, and Jeremy Thomas, 18, were charged with hindering prosecution. Police in Montgomery, where they were arrested, said they had yet to determine if the two men are related.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/11/us-usa-auburn-shooting-idUSBRE85A1GG20120611
pettypace
(744 posts)period point blank