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False Alarm: Student's 'Rifle' Actually Umbrella

Matt Cantor — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:53:05 CDT

Looks like the campus lockdown wasn't necessary after all. After a bus driver reported a gun-toting student at Rochester Institute of Technology, police rapidly directed students and staff to stay inside and bolt doors. But within an hour, officials had spoken to the student—a freshman photographer—to learn that...

Police ID Virginia Tech Gunman

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:35:31 CST

A dean's list student who killed a Virginia Tech police officer had no ties to the university and did not know the patrolman, authorities said yesterday without offering a motive for a crime spree that spanned two days and ended in suicide. Ross Truett Ashley, 22, first drew authorities' attention...

Cop Shoots Gunman Near Berkeley Protests

Rob Quinn — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:00:00 CST

As students and demonstrators began to gather at the University of California at Berkeley yesterday, a police officer shot an armed man inside a business computer lab on the other side of campus. Police say the suspect, who was taken to a local hospital for surgery, was shot after he...

Guns Now Allowed on Arizona Campuses

Kevin Spak — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:28:06 CDT

Arizona's House yesterday approved a bill allowing people to have guns while walking or driving through state university and community college campuses, sending the measure to Jan Brewer for her signature. The Senate had already passed the controversial bill, but not before watering it down a bit, changing it to...

One Dead, 11 Injured in Frat House Shooting

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:14:05 CST

A shooting at a fraternity house killed one student and injured 11 people, including six students, just north of the Youngstown State University campus, authorities say. The shooting happened during a party early today and no arrests have been made, but police say they have at least one suspect. The...

Va. Tech Could Lose Millions Over Shooting Response

John Johnson — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:00:05 CST

The feds delivered a harsh rebuke to Virginia Tech yesterday, saying the school failed to issue a "timely" warning about a campus gunman in 2007 who eventually killed 32 people and himself, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch . As a result, the school could lose nearly $100 million in student financial aid...

Texas Cops ID Campus Shooter as Student, 19

John Johnson — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:30:33 CDT

The gunman who killed himself with an AK-47 at the University of Texas today has been identified as a 19-year-old sophomore at the school. Colton Tooley was a smart kid who "showed no signs at all, whatsover," a family spokesman tells the Austin American-Statesman . “He wouldn’t or couldn’t hurt a...

Shooting at Univ. of Texas; 1 Dead in Apparent Suicide

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:37:00 CDT

A ski mask-clad gunman toting an AK-47 opened fire on the University of Texas' Austin campus today before killing himself in a library, police say. No other victims have been reported. Police locked down the campus for several hours before giving the all clear, though the Austin American-Statesman says they...

Prof Accused in Rampage Attempts Suicide

M. Morris — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:16:03 CDT

Amy Bishop attempted suicide early today, less than 2 days after learning she's been charged with first-degree murder in the 1986 death of her brother , reports WHNT of Huntsville , Ala. Bishop already faces three charges of capital murder in the February shooting rampage that took the lives of three of...