Posted on 03/03/2006 12:37:14 PM PST by jern
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Authorities say 23-year-old Mohammed Reza Taheriazar drove a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee drove into The Pit at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus around noon Friday, injuring five students and a visiting scholar.
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The Shah wasn't a muslim; he identified himself with the Persian heritage and the Sassanids (if I am not mistaken).
Wait........I think I have confused you and me.......LOL.
This guy looks like Calypso Louie would love him, right down to the wirerim glasses. I saw it on the local news.
UNC Hit-And-Run Suspect's Apartment Complex Evacuated
POSTED: 5:21 pm EST March 3, 2006
UPDATED: 5:29 pm EST March 3, 2006
CARRBORO, N.C. -- Carrboro police have evacuated the apartment complex where the suspect in the University of North Carolina hit-and-run incident lived because of what they describe as a "potentially dangerous situation."
Authorities told NBC-17, 23-year-old Mohammed Reza Taheriazar, was taken into custody shortly after an SUV plowed through "The Pit," a popular gathering spot for students at UNC around noon.
Six people -- five students and a visiting scholar -- were treated at UNC Hospitals, though a hospital spokesman said none was seriously injured. Three other people declined treatment at the scene, police said.
Taheriazar called police to surrender and then awaited officers on a side street about two miles away from campus, town police Capt. Brian Curran said.
"He kind of gave himself up," said Officer Herbert Bryant of the university's Department of Public Safety.
Taheriazar was being held Friday by campus police, who planned to charge him with multiple counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, the university said in a statement.
Authorities told NBC-17 Taheriazar made a comment while he was being taken into custody which prompted police to rush to University Commons Apartment Complex off of Smith Level Road.
Police, SWAT teams and fire departments have swarmed the complex. Capt. Joel Booker, of the Carrboro Police Department, told NBC-17 authorities have not entered Taheriazar's apartment. They are apparently waiting on legal permission to do so.
Taheriazar has two roommoates, one of which authorities have already located. They are still searching for the other.
The Pit is a sunken, brick-paved area surrounded by two libraries, a dining hall and the student union. It does not have any easy access points for vehicles and can't be reached without deliberation.
On a sunny, cool day like Friday, the Pit is a busy center of campus activities, with students perched along the walkways and steps. Friday's noontime crowd included a gathering of candidates for Black Student Movement elections.
Sophomore Jeff Hoffman's arm was injured in the hit-and-run.
"I see everyone kind of part because there's a car coming through and the next thing I know, I'm on his windshield," Hoffman told the campus newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel.
Sophomore Scott Wilson also witnessed the incident.
"He slowly came in, and I thought he was going to stop or something," Wilson, a candidate for BSM vice president, told The Daily Tar Heel. "But then he sped right through."
Recourse, not resource . . . .
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You're right, he does look like he could sing backup for Louie.
Thanks, jern.
Charming looking lad...especially that sparkle in his eyes.
"Understanding Mediating Factors In The Development Of Culturally Sensitive School Based Preventive Interventions For Latino Immigrant Students", Elvia Y. Valencia, Valerie Johnson, Robert J. Pandina, Marco Zarate, Mohammed R. Taheriazar
I'm sorry, they just didn't let anyone into State you know... ;)
To be the devil's advocate on this guy, I just don't think he decided to run a Jeep into the Pit over a couple of cartoons. Even money he flunked out in the Fall Semester and wanted to take that out against somebody. That or it was something personal against somebody
If you are referring to South Rd, there is a steep flight of steps from that road up to the Student Union.
I thought the article said he graduated. Correct me if I'm wrong.
RB, would you say the parking lot off South Road is as close to the Pit that road that runs in front of State's library is to the Brickyard?
What a horrible thing .. what in blazes was he attempting? Serial anhialation?
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