http://www.msnbc.com/msn/452218.asp 2 die in shooting at Arkansas college Murder-suicide casts pall over first day of classes at university MSNBC News Services FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Aug. 28 - Two people died Monday in a murder-suicide at the University of Arkansas on the first day of classes, school officials said. The university's chancellor said the dead were believed to be a professor and a graduate student. 'We're trying to deal with a situation that seems horrific and trying to control everything we can and bring this to resolution as quickly as possible.' Roger Williams University spokesman UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS did not identify the victims, both men, who died in the shooting in a second-floor faculty office in the university's Kimpel Hall, a seven-story building that also contains classrooms. There were no injuries, they said. "We believe the two persons killed are a faculty member and a graduate student, but that remains to be confirmed," Chancellor John White said in a statement. A local television station identified one of the victims as John Locke, an English professor at the school, and said he was killed by a gun-wielding student. Callers reporting the shooting said they heard three gunshots. Police rushed to the scene and surrounded the office as they evacuated students from the building. University police Lt. Gary Crane said later that the situation had been "stabilized," and that no search was under way for a suspect or accomplice. Few other details were immediately available. "We're trying to deal with a situation that seems horrific and trying to control everything we can and bring this to resolution as quickly as possible," spokesman Roger Williams said prior to the chancellor's brief statement. Kimpel Hall houses faculty in a number of departments, including communication, drama, English, foreign languages and journalism. Journalism department Chairwoman Patsy Watkins said police arrived at the building at 12:20 p.m. local time, when many of the 50- to 60-student classrooms on the floor would have been filled. Students left the building in an orderly fashion, saying they had been told to leave, Watkins said. "All we've been told is that shots have been fired," Watkins said. Journalism faculty members Larry Foley and Robert Carey said police had asked them to leave their first-floor offices. Kimpel Hall is shaped like a T, with classrooms along the long end of the T and offices across the crossbar. The 15,000-student campus is in the northwest part of the state. Both President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton taught law there in the mid-1970s. The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report. �2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Robert F. Tatman Information Technology Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jenkintown, PA, USA *Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.* <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
