Bible college student shot dead in dorm room

[Judi Lynn]

Source: MSNBC staff

Bible college student shot dead in dorm room
'It appears to be a personal matter between two students'
msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 2 hours 37 minutes ago

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — A student at a Bible college in North Carolina was shot and killed in his dorm room.

"We are saddened to confirm that one of our students, Jonathan Schipper, was fatally wounded Sunday by another student," Mid-Atlantic Christian University said on its website on Monday. "We have very few details at this time, but it appears to be a personal matter between two students."

The statement also said the person believed to have shot Schipper surrendered to police. A police dispatcher in Elizabeth City in northeastern North Carolina said no additional information was available Monday night.

Police responded to a report of a shooting on the MACU campus around 1 p.m. Sunday.

The school's statement said Schipper, from Havelock, N.C., was a sophomore in the Youth and Family Studies program.


Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39513451/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

[spicegal]

1. Yes, by all means, let's allow more guns on campus.

That was the conservative response to the Va Tech massacre. We just need to arm the students and allow guns on campus. Yep, that's the answer. We should arm a bunch of stressed, hormonal, intoxicated young people so they can protect themselves.

[hlthe2b]

10. You would have seen similar promotion...

in our own gun dungeon...:shrug:

[Renew Deal]

11. You don't have to "allow" guns on campus to have a shooting.

The same way you don't "allow" shootings on campus.

:shrug:

[proteus_lives]

18. That's the part that allows confuses the control freaks.

[comtec]

2. lover's quarrel?

wouldnt surprise me to be honest

[KansDem]

8. Maybe they hadn't gotten to the Sixth Commandment yet?

:shrug:

[Javaman]

9. Sadly, my first thought as well...

both repressed. One confessed his true feelings. The other, batshit crazy repressed, couldn't deal with life's realities, decided to take matters into his own hands.

Kind of like the end of American Beauty.

[Blandocyte]

3. "Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand"

according to Steve Earle.

[divideandconquer]

5. Steve Earle sure is right about that

[Supersedeas]

13. good ole Steve

[baldguy]

4. WWJS?

[704wipes]

17. NRA Jesus

[valerief]

6. More guns. If they both had guns, they'd both be dead. We need more guns.

:sarcasm:

[Roland99]

7. Which Terrorist Party nutbag said we have violence in schools because the Bible isn't taught?

Angle or O'Donnell?



Fucking morons.

[Judi Lynn]

15. Beautiful question! I'd like to hear any of those guys explain this one.

Their old accusations just wouldn't apply here.

There's far more to being a good person than posturing.

[Pavulon]

16. One liners, we need more.

its a shame a person was killed.

[Pavulon]

19. Shooter was a police officer(nt)

[mitchum]

12. Alternate headline: Bible College Student Kills Another Student

It's not likely that they would print that one, though

[Broderick]

14. Seems

as more information comes, to be a very sad story.

[Judi Lynn]

20. Murder charge filed in death of Havelock man

Murder charge filed in death of Havelock man
October 07, 2010 4:14 PM
Drew C. Wilson

Elizabeth City police charged a 23-year-old man with first degree murder Wednesday in the shooting death of a Havelock man.

Jonathan Schipper, a sophomore at Mid-Atlantic Christian University in Elizabeth City, was shot to death Sunday shortly before 1 p.m. in a dorm room at the campus..

According to Elizabeth City Police Detective Jerry Boyce, Christopher David Amyx was charged Wednesday afternoon with first degree murder. Amyx, who was also a student at the university, was being held without bail.

Amyx was a part-time police officer with the city of Pinetops while attending the university, according to a release from Elizabeth City police on Monday.

Police found Schipper, a 2004 graduate of Gramercy Christian School in Newport and a 2009 graduate of Craven Community College, dead in a dormitory room at Pearl A. Presley Hall. Amyx was founded seated on the floor at the dorm hall at the scene of the shooting, police said.

Schipper and Amyx were not roommates at the dormitory, Boyce said.

According to a sworn statement on a search warrant from Elizabeth City police detective M.J. Chivers, Elizabeth City police officer D. Harris observed Amyx at the scene with a gun on the floor shortly after the shooting.

More:
http://www.enctoday.com/news/police-91212-nbsj-city-amyx.html

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Elizabeth City Police arrest a classmate for the murder of Jonathan Schipper
WTKR-TV3
5:38 PM EDT, October 7, 2010

ELIZABETH CITY - New details about a part-time police officer charged with murdering a classmate at a Christian college in Elizabeth City.

Police say Christopher Amyx was lying to them. He's in jail tonight as authorities take a closer look at clues found inside Amyx's room and locked inside his safe.

Jonathan Schipper was found shot to death in a dorm room at Mid-Atlantic Christian University last weekend. Amyx admitted he did it, but he claimed he shot Schipper in self-defense.

However, after taking a closer look inside Amyx's room, police came to a different conclusion.

Elizabeth City Police Chief Charles Crudup says, "We discovered he wasn't telling the truth through evidence and statements from people at the school."

The investigation led Elizabeth City Police to a safe owned by Amyx. A search document obtained by NewsChannel 3 details what was inside, including a loaded gun, a hand-written will, and medication to treat depression and schizophrenia.

More:
http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-macu-arrest-oct7,0,232194.story