Phenix
09-21-2007, 08:36 AM
Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Delaware State University canceled classes for the day and told students to remain in their Dover campus residences following a shooting early today that left two wounded and the suspect at large.
In a statement posted on its Web site, the school said campus police and the Dover Police Department were searching for a male suspect.
The shooting of a male and female student was reported at about 12:54 a.m. near the university's Memorial Hall. The victims were taken to hospitals within the state. The female student's injuries are considered serious, while the male student is in stable condition, the school said.
Personnel and students were advised they can get updates on the situation through the university's Web site or by calling its weather-related telephone line at (302) 857-7669. Those not on campus were being told not to go there.
Delaware State's main 400-acre (160-hectare) campus is located in Dover, the state capital. A historically black college established in 1891 as the State College for Colored Students, Delaware State had about 3,600 students in 2006. The school is located about 60 miles (96 kilometers) south of Philadelphia and has sites in Georgetown and Wilmington, Delaware.
On Aug. 4, three Delaware State students were shot execution-style behind a Newark, New Jersey, elementary school, leaving two of them dead. A fourth victim who was also killed had planned on attending the school.
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In a statement posted on its Web site, the school said campus police and the Dover Police Department were searching for a male suspect.
The shooting of a male and female student was reported at about 12:54 a.m. near the university's Memorial Hall. The victims were taken to hospitals within the state. The female student's injuries are considered serious, while the male student is in stable condition, the school said.
Personnel and students were advised they can get updates on the situation through the university's Web site or by calling its weather-related telephone line at (302) 857-7669. Those not on campus were being told not to go there.
Delaware State's main 400-acre (160-hectare) campus is located in Dover, the state capital. A historically black college established in 1891 as the State College for Colored Students, Delaware State had about 3,600 students in 2006. The school is located about 60 miles (96 kilometers) south of Philadelphia and has sites in Georgetown and Wilmington, Delaware.
On Aug. 4, three Delaware State students were shot execution-style behind a Newark, New Jersey, elementary school, leaving two of them dead. A fourth victim who was also killed had planned on attending the school.
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