Blue State College Nightmare: Police Hunt Suspect in Shooting of Two Students at Delaware State Univ

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Police Hunt Suspect in Overnight Shooting of Two Students at Delaware State

University

Friday, September 21, 2007

DOVER, Del. - Two students were shot at Delaware State University early

Friday and the campus was locked down as police searched for a gunman,

officials said. Classes were canceled for the day.

A male student was hospitalized in stable condition, and a female student

was hospitalized with injuries that are considered serious, according to a

news release on the university's Web site.

The school opened under a cloud of tragedy this semester after the shooting

deaths of four students-three enrolled, one about to enroll-in Newark, N.J.

on Aug. 4.

The students were shot near Memorial Hall around 1 a.m., the news release

said.

Police hoped to find out more information once the victims were able to

talk. "We haven't had a chance to talk to them yet, and that's probably a

big reason why the suspect is still at large," university spokesman Carlos

Holmes told KYW-TV.

Students, faculty and staff were instructed to stay in their buildings until

further notice, the news release said. Those not on campus were being told

not to go there.

A historically black college founded in 1890 as the State College for

Colored Students, Delaware State had about 3,600 students from 38 states and

31 countries in 2006.