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Too bad the male victims refuses to talk to the cops.
Shot Student Won't Answer Questions
Police Seeking Two People Of Interest
POSTED: 5:05 am CDT September 21, 2007
UPDATED: 12:40 pm CDT September 21, 2007
DOVER, Del. -- A federal law enforcement official said the male student wounded this morning at Delaware State University is refusing to answer questions from police about the shootings, raising the likelihood that he knew his attacker.
The male student was wounded in the ankle, while a university spokesman says a female student suffered "potentially life-threatening" injuries. Authorities say the wound was to the student's abdomen.
DSU police said two students have been identified as persons of interest in a campus shooting and police are interviewing one of them.
The law enforcement official said the students were apparently returning from a cafe when they were shot.
Police have been searching for the gunman, and the campus has been locked down.
One student says he heard five gunshots and looked out his dormitory window to see people scattering.
DSU Police Chief James Overton said the two students were both from the Washington, D.C., area. Overton said four to six shots were fired; the male student was hit once, the female twice.
DSU spokesman Carlos Holmes said that the shooter is still at large.
"We would hope he's gone by now, but given the lessons of the past year, we can't assume he's not on campus," he said. "As long he's at large, we can't assume."
According to a release on the school's Web site, at approximately 12:54 a.m. the Delaware State University Police Department was notified of an incident in which two students were shot on campus near Memorial Hall.
Campus police said they're hoping to get more information about the shootings once the victims are able to talk.
One student said friends of hers were near the area where the shooting happened. She said they were "pretty shook up" by the incident. She added that she's planning to taking a leave from school.
The school's Web site said that the university is implementing a plan to provide essential services to the students who live on campus. Because the suspect is still at large, residential students are directed to remain in their residence halls for their safety until further notice.
"We are concerned about safety of students on campus, that's why we've taken the measures we have," Holmes said.
Holmes said students had a direct path given to them to go out to eat and there is an orderly way for students to leave campus. Holmes said a number already have left.
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.
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