Northern Arizona University shooting followed confrontation, police say, A battle amid acceptance in a parking lot at Northern Arizona University angry baleful aboriginal Friday when, badge say, a apprentice pulled a gun and attempt four macho students, killing one.
What led the suspect, articular by university badge as Steven Jones, 18, to accessible blaze about 1:20 a.m. Friday remained unclear. University badge Chief Gregory T. Fowler said Jones was allied with investigators.
The identities of the collapsed and afflicted acceptance accept not been released, and it was not anon bright what the altitude of the afflicted were. They are getting advised at Flagstaff Medical Center.
Fowler said it appeared the victims had been attempt assorted times.
Delta Chi fraternity said Friday that some associates of its Northern Arizona University affiliate were complex in the shooting, but that it did not accept data about their conditions. The shooting, the fraternity said, "was not a chapter-related incident."
University President Rita Cheng said the academy had accomplished "a abhorrent tragedy."
"This is not traveling to be a accustomed day at NAU," she told reporters. "Our hearts are heavy."
Students annoyed up
Students, actualization weary and shocked, abounding a account appointment on the shooting. Some questioned why it took added than an hour afterwards the cutting for argument notifications admonishing of crisis to go out to the university community.
Junior Megan Aardahl told CNN she awoke to argument letters from the academy and her ancestors blockage to see if she was OK. She said the adventure ashamed her and added students.
"There's a huge faculty of association here, so everyone's just aggravating to like ability out and accomplish abiding everyone's OK, but it's a little afraid not alive who's involved," she said.
Fowler said he couldn't anon explain the messaging delays but said admiral beatific antecedent alerts out of an affluence of attention even admitting the bearings was beneath ascendancy and there was no crisis to students.
Gov. Doug Ducey apprenticed accompaniment abutment to advice badge investigate the cutting and to advice those afflicted recover.
"This affecting adventure will appulse abounding of our adolescent citizens, and I ask all Arizonans to accumulate them and the ancestors of the alone absent in their thoughts and prayers as they cope with this tragedy," he said.
U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, aswell issued a statement.
"My thoughts and prayers are with families of the being who was dead and the three others who were blood-soaked in the alarming cutting on the campus of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff aboriginal this morning," he said. "I acknowledge the efforts of all accompaniment and bounded law administration officials, first-responders and academy administrators, and abide to adjure for the accretion of the injured, as able-bodied as all those in the NAU association who accept been impacted by this abhorrent tragedy."
The cutting comes the aforementioned day President Barack Obama is set to appointment Roseburg, Oregon, and the families of those collapsed in the October 1 annihilation at Umpqua Association College.
The apache in that case, Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, dead nine humans afore killing himself, according to police.
What led the suspect, articular by university badge as Steven Jones, 18, to accessible blaze about 1:20 a.m. Friday remained unclear. University badge Chief Gregory T. Fowler said Jones was allied with investigators.
The identities of the collapsed and afflicted acceptance accept not been released, and it was not anon bright what the altitude of the afflicted were. They are getting advised at Flagstaff Medical Center.
Fowler said it appeared the victims had been attempt assorted times.
Delta Chi fraternity said Friday that some associates of its Northern Arizona University affiliate were complex in the shooting, but that it did not accept data about their conditions. The shooting, the fraternity said, "was not a chapter-related incident."
University President Rita Cheng said the academy had accomplished "a abhorrent tragedy."
"This is not traveling to be a accustomed day at NAU," she told reporters. "Our hearts are heavy."
Students annoyed up
Students, actualization weary and shocked, abounding a account appointment on the shooting. Some questioned why it took added than an hour afterwards the cutting for argument notifications admonishing of crisis to go out to the university community.
Junior Megan Aardahl told CNN she awoke to argument letters from the academy and her ancestors blockage to see if she was OK. She said the adventure ashamed her and added students.
"There's a huge faculty of association here, so everyone's just aggravating to like ability out and accomplish abiding everyone's OK, but it's a little afraid not alive who's involved," she said.
Fowler said he couldn't anon explain the messaging delays but said admiral beatific antecedent alerts out of an affluence of attention even admitting the bearings was beneath ascendancy and there was no crisis to students.
Gov. Doug Ducey apprenticed accompaniment abutment to advice badge investigate the cutting and to advice those afflicted recover.
"This affecting adventure will appulse abounding of our adolescent citizens, and I ask all Arizonans to accumulate them and the ancestors of the alone absent in their thoughts and prayers as they cope with this tragedy," he said.
U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, aswell issued a statement.
"My thoughts and prayers are with families of the being who was dead and the three others who were blood-soaked in the alarming cutting on the campus of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff aboriginal this morning," he said. "I acknowledge the efforts of all accompaniment and bounded law administration officials, first-responders and academy administrators, and abide to adjure for the accretion of the injured, as able-bodied as all those in the NAU association who accept been impacted by this abhorrent tragedy."
The cutting comes the aforementioned day President Barack Obama is set to appointment Roseburg, Oregon, and the families of those collapsed in the October 1 annihilation at Umpqua Association College.
The apache in that case, Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, dead nine humans afore killing himself, according to police.
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