Wesleyan student fatally shot at bookstore cafe near campus

[BurtWorm]

That's my alma mater. I feel physically ill about this. Any other Wes alums hear about this and have more info?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/06/wesleyan-university-stude_n_198166.html

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A Wesleyan University student was shot and killed at a bookstore near the central Connecticut campus Wednesday afternoon, officials say, sparking a manhunt while police cautioned students and staff to remain indoors.

Officials didn't identify the victim, but said she was a student who was at the Red and Black Cafe inside Broad Street Books.

A gun was recovered at the scene, the university said in a statement.

Police cordoned off the area around the bookstore as officers wearing camouflage and carrying automatic rifles walked the streets as onlookers gawked.

Officials at the private university notified students and faculty members by e-mail, text and voice mail about the emergency and asked them to remain inside.

Middletown Mayor Sebastian Giuliano said he did not believe the public was in danger.

"It was focused. This wasn't random from what I can tell," Giuliano said. "Somebody went into a bookstore and fired multiple shots at one person."


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[sakabatou]

1. What is with these school shootings?

[BurtWorm]

2. Wesleyan is the last place I'd expect there to be a school shooting.

Except that this sounds more like the work of a stalker with a target, rather than a random killer.

[Mist]

4. MK-Ultra run amok? nt

[Midlodemocrat]

3. You went to Wesleyan? I'm from that area of CT.

[BurtWorm]

6. You are? Which town?

Meriden? Southington?

[Danger Mouse]

5. Most likely a personal grudge.

Though it's a tragedy, this kind of thing just happens from time to time.

[BurtWorm]

7. Sounds like it.

[xchrom]

8. shot. nt

[elocs]

9. There are some, even here, who would say that the victim should have been armed.

Yeah, more guns are obviously the answer.

[stranger_with_candy]

10. I live down the street from Wesleyan

Latest report i heard was that is was not a random shooting and the suspect is most likely out of the area. I was surprised to hear about it.

[BurtWorm]

11. It's not something that happens at Wesleyan every day.

[stranger_with_candy]

12. Middletown Press report

says it was an ex-boyfriend. I just saw the local news report and they did not mention that though.

http://middletownpress.com/articles/2009/05/06/announcements/doc4a01db78636c5259635443.txt

[BurtWorm]

13. He's probably going to kill himself in the next day or so

because the idiot is just a stalker robot and that is what stalker robots are preprogrammed to do.