1 dead, 3 wounded in shooting at Northern Arizona University (updated)

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By FELICIA FONSECA

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An overnight confrontation between two groups of students escalated into gunfire Friday when a freshman at Northern Arizona University killed one person and wounded three others, authorities said Friday.

University police chief Gregory T. Fowler identified the shooter as 18-year-old Steven Jones and said he used a handgun in the shootings at about 1:20 a.m. Friday.

"This is not going to be a normal day at NAU," said school President Rita Cheng. "Our hearts are heavy."

She called it an "isolated and unprecedented incident" and said classes would go on as scheduled Friday.

FULL story at link.


Students embrace outside a hospital emergency room in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2015, after an early morning fight between two groups of college students escalated into gunfire, leaving one person dead and three others wounded, authorities said. The shooting occurred outside a dormitory near the Northern Arizona University campus. (Jake Bacon/Arizona Daily Sun via AP)

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9045ea708c8e438796eb15634fda24ad/officials-1-dead-3-wounded-university-shooting-ariz

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1StrongBlackMan (23,502 posts)
3. I just spoke with a sleepy BabyGirl 1SBM ...

she is safe and sound in her bed ... and annoyed that her Dad would call her about something that happened on campus (she stays in an apartment off campus) after midnight ... "Daddddd, what would I be doing on campus at 1:00 in the morning ... I have an 8:00 a.m. lab!"

Glad she is safe!

OS

[Botany]

1. From ABC

A deadly shooting occurred on Northern Arizona University’s Flagstaff campus early this morning, and the suspected shooter is in custody, according to a university spokesperson.

One person died and three others were wounded in the shooting, the spokesperson said.

It's unclear what sparked the shooting, which took place near Mountain View Hall, a dormitory which houses most of the campus' students involved in Greek organizations.

According to an emergency alert sent by the university, residents in Mountain View Hall were asked to stay indoors.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/deadly-shooting-reported-northern-arizona-universitys-flagstaff-campus/story?id=34363113



Well it has been 8 whole days since the last campus shooting.

Fuck the NRA!

[Ferretherder]

2. If only ever'body wuz packin'...

...none uh this wud be happnin'!

Hell, ah wish mah pet dog could open carry! Wuddn't be none uh this shit!

Murka!!1!11! Luv it or.....FUCK YOU!

...........goddammit.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. I just spoke with a sleepy BabyGirl 1SBM ...

she is safe and sound in her bed ... and annoyed that her Dad would call her about something that happened on campus (she stays in an apartment off campus) after midnight ... "Daddddd, what would I be doing on campus at 1:00 in the morning ... I have an 8:00 a.m. lab!"

[redwitch]

7. I'd have made that call too, 1 AM be damned.

It is so sad that we have to worry about this for our loved ones constantly. Especially our children. I am so glad your baby girl is ok!

[Enthusiast]

8. Jeez. Glad to hear she is safe.

[mnhtnbb]

9. so glad BabyGirl 1SBM is safe!

I have a friend whose daughter was a freshman at Virginia Tech when that horror went down.

My youngest son went up to Franklin Street (across the street from campus of UNC-Chapel Hill) one Sunday afternoon with a friend when he was a senior (2007) in high school. Got a call from him a little later: a guy with a sawed off shotgun walked up to both
of them in an alley--at 3 PM on a Sunday afternoon--and demanded all their money. Two high school kids!
Fortunately, they didn't give the guy any lip and handed over the contents of their wallets. Police caught
the guy a day later when he was trying to rob a woman at an ATM about a mile away.

It's some scary $hit out there.

[LittleGirl]

11. good to hear she's okay

peace.

[ChazII]

15. Add my voice

to those who are glad that she is safe. Like the others I would also have made that call.

[jwirr]

16. Glad to hear she is okay. And like you - I would have been

on the phone as soon as I heard. They will understand when they are the parents.

[dbackjon]

22. Glad she is safe

As a NAU alum, this sucks

[1StrongBlackMan]

24. Both my wife and I did our grad studies at NAU ...

And being a UofA employee, with the Tuition Reduction Benefit, her choices of colleges were Mom and Dad writing a check to ASU, NAU, or UofA ... or, us writing a check in the same amount to the college of her choice. BabyGirl being mathematically gifted as she is, chose NAU.

[dbackjon]

25. I really loved living in Flagstaff

Was up there taking classes on and off for 15 years (and working full time in between), but jobs are so hard to come by up there.


Got a great education out of it as well.

[1StrongBlackMan]

26. Yeah ...

Pretty country and a town small enough to be mostly friendly; but big enough to disappear, if one wants to.

[GGJohn]

36. I love Flagstaff,

we own a small farm outside of Flagstaff, winters are cold, but we wouldn't live anywhere else.

[1StrongBlackMan]

37. My wife and I ...

Have talked / are talking about getting a place up there when I retire in about 4 years.

[GGJohn]

38. If you do decide to move here, let us know, we'll be honored to have you and your wife

over to our abode for dinner.

[RR2]

4. If only.....

Ben "Not only would I not probably not cooperate with him. I would not just stand there and let him shoot me," "I would say, 'Hey guys, everybody attack him. He may shoot me, but he can’t get us all.' " Carson would have been there to charge the gunman. Fucking GOP ass hats!

[raccoon]

21. Ben Carson sounds like the typical Monday morning quarterback.

Also sounds like he's full of fecal matter.

[NCjack]

5. Where's Ben Carson when you need him? /nt

[Runningdawg]

27. Cowering under a chair

telling the gunman to shoot someone else instead.

[Paladin]

6. Did anybody follow Brave Ben Carson's instructions?

That's a lawsuit, just waiting to happen.

[lunasun]

10. It was near a frat house with shootings before this unfortunately.

In 2011, the Delta Chi house in Flagstaff came under gunfire in a drive-by shooting. “Police say the frat house was pockmarked with bullet holes but there were no injuries,” the Arizona Daily Star reported at the time. The newspaper added that “two other recent firearm-related assaults at the fraternity are also believed connected to drug sales there.”

The Arizona Republic reported in 2011 that:

Police have concluded that recent activities occurring at the Delta Chi house at 318 S. Humphrey’s St., which include aggravated assault and threats with weapons, stemmed from members of the residence selling illegal drugs, Sgt. James Jackson said.

Unfortunately, that would make this quite "normal course" news right?

I think if there had been more national concern regarding gun violence for areas when gang and drug shooting escalated years ago we would not have evolved to so many mass shootings now on top of street drug violence.
As a nation, being ho hum and the ' it can't happen here ' attitude, let gun violence become a common place occurrence everywhere now.

[EL34x4]

13. Delta Chi was involved in this shooting as well.

"Delta Chi fraternity said Friday that some members of its Northern Arizona University chapter were involved in the shooting, but that it did not have details about their conditions. The shooting, the fraternity said, "was not a chapter-related incident."

http://www.click2houston.com/news/one-killed-3-injured-in-shooting-at/35742718

[lunasun]

28. "was not a chapter-related incident." so will not get invlved in the violence outside

the door. They gather there as a fraternity.

[Lunabell]

12. Another one.

ANOTHER FUCKING SCHOOL SHOOTING!!!!!!!

[Baitball Blogger]

14. I wonder if Obama still thinks it's a good idea to encourage debate

between Liberals and right-wingers on college campuses?

I'm just saying, that we should probably find a way to make our campuses safe, first.

[vkkv]

17. Guns don't kill people, going to school does!

Guns don't kill people, going to school does!
- The NRA, lobbying Congress and paying off GOP Congressmen with campaign cash so to bring more death and sadness to America's families at the taxpayers' expense*.

*Taxpayers expenses include but are not limited to: police hours, prosecutor hours, government vehicles and insurance, gas, vehicle repairs, prison food, prison clothes, chains, water, court costs, judges salaries, district attorney pay, prison heat & electric, other court employees, jailer costs, court heating & electric, public defenders, hospitalization, welfare to victim's families, property liability insurance, coroner fees, cremation fees and other associated costs relating to gun crime.

[1StrongBlackMan]

18. WOW ... Think people aren't affected by these shootings? ...

As I mentioned up-thread, my daughter goes to NAU ... both my wife and my phoned are full of texts and emails from all over the country from friends of ours and friends of our daughters ... in every text/email (to me), there is a mention of the need for gun control.

[dembotoz]

20. we just need to double down and push on

hug your daughters for me next time you see them....
and your sons to if you have them...........

[Tab]

19. What if access to guns and ammo were limited?

This would have been a knife-fight, or maybe even just an old-fashioned brawl

[dbackjon]

23. NAU Alum here, and former President of a Fraternity up there (NOT DELTA CHI)

A few comments on this, coming from a guy that argues for more gun control.

1) I wouldn't call this a school shooting. It was a shooting that happened at a school.

2) It wasn't random - two groups got into a fight. One of them had a gun. This happens dozens of times a day across the country. It is only news because it happened on school grounds.

3) At least some of the people shot were members of Delta Chi - Delta Chi has been the scene of several shootings in the past. The Delta Chi house (they are the only fraternity currently with an off-campus house) was the scene of a drive-by shooting a couple years ago. Grapevine also says that it is the place to buy drugs on campus.

4) My hunch is a drug deal gone bad, or a fight over a blond sorority chick. But time will tell

5) The Phoenix media is acting like it's Christmas, and they just got the greatest gift of all time - THEIR OWN School shooting!!!

[Delphinus]

29. So, Phoenix

AND Texas?

[dbackjon]

31. Flagstaff is 120 miles from Phoenix

[Unknown Beatle]

30. Sad but true.

[dbackjon]

32. The Shooter

[juajen]

33. He looks like a young boy playing cops and robbers.

[Ptah]

34. NAU shooter to face felony murder charge

University police chief JT Fowler identified the suspect as 18-year-old Steven Jones. He is believed to be a freshman at the Flagstaff school.

Jones, is in custody and the campus is not on lockdown. NAU officials said Jones will make his initial court appearance Friday afternoon and will be booked into jail on one felony count of first-degree murder and three felony counts of aggravated assault.

http://www.scrippsmedia.com/kgun9/news/Deadly-shooting-on-NAU-Flagstaff-campus-Friday-morning-331516752.html

[Fairgo]

35. They are all isolated events

Each more isolating than the last...and every death is died alone.

But the wounds are communal we all suffer the loss.