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Shooting reported on Wayne Community College campus in Goldsboro, N.C.
Source: NY Daily News
A shooting has been reported on the Wayne Community College campus in Goldsboro, N.C., school officials and police say.
This is not a drill. The entire campus is under lockdown, a message reads on the school website.
The shooting reportedly took place at a campus library, cops in Goldsboro, about 53 miles southeast of Raleigh, told WTVD-TV.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/shooting-reported-wayne-community-college-campus-n-article-1.2183236
On edit: it *might* be over per this tweet:
https://twitter.com/NewsArgusCops/status/587606542729478144
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Tara Humphries, Wayne Community College said police have one suspect "under control." She could not elaborate further
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Tara Humphries, Wayne Community College said police have one suspect "under control." She could not elaborate further
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Shooting reported on Wayne Community College campus in Goldsboro, N.C. (Original Post)
Cooley Hurd
Apr 2015
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marym625
(17,997 posts)1. Oh no!
Not another one! Please, not another one!
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)2. 1 dead; suspect named, still apparently free
An employee at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina, was the target of a fatal shooting on Monday, said authorities, who continued to search for a man they called a person of interest in the case.
The school was locked down after the incident Monday morning. The schools print shop operator, Ron Lane, was killed in the shooting, school spokeswoman Tara Humphries told reporters.
The person of interest was identified as Kenneth Stancil, according to local media reports. He is described as a white, bald man, about 5-foot-11, with a goatee and tattoo over his left eye.
http://wbco.com/news/030030-030030-police-search-for-shooter-on-carolina-campus/
The school was locked down after the incident Monday morning. The schools print shop operator, Ron Lane, was killed in the shooting, school spokeswoman Tara Humphries told reporters.
The person of interest was identified as Kenneth Stancil, according to local media reports. He is described as a white, bald man, about 5-foot-11, with a goatee and tattoo over his left eye.
Stancil is or was at one point a student at WCC, he is no longer believed to be on campus
http://wbco.com/news/030030-030030-police-search-for-shooter-on-carolina-campus/
valerief
(53,235 posts)3. FREEDUMB to kill. LIBERTEA for all. May the Lord bless good guys with guns.
WTF is wrong with people?
Aristus
(66,462 posts)4. In other news: It's Monday in America.
n/t
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)5. Seriously ...
I hadn't noticed.