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Fatal Mass Shooting at Tennessee State University Believed to be 294th in 2015
Early Friday morning, officials investigate the scene of a shooting on the campus of Tennessee State University. (Mark Humphrey / AP)
One person is dead and two are hospitalized after a gunman opened fire during a dispute over a dice game on Tennessee State University’s campus Thursday night.
The unnamed gunman allegedly killed a 19-year-old male who was not a student and injured three female 18-year-old students.
The Guardian reports:
The incident is the second around the Nashville campus in a little more than a week to rattle community members. One night prior, police held a community meeting to address safety around campus, after three Tennessee students were shot at an off-campus house party.
“We do not believe this was an incidence of a random shooter on campus,” Metro Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron told the Tennessean. “This was an isolated incident resulting from a dispute over a dice game. The Nashville police department believes this campus is safe.” …
The shooting marks at least the third fatal campus shooting in October, including one of the deadliest in years in Roseburg, Oregon on 2 October. There, a gunman killed nine people when he opened fire at Umpqua Community College. It was believed to be the 294th mass shooting in 2015.
Read more here.
—Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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- October 13, 2015 Murders
- October 3, 2015 Routine Gun Violence
Source: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/fatal_mass_shooting_at_tennessee_state_university_believed_20151023/
