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Two People Shot At University Of Maryland - Witness Recalls Hearing Two Shots
WBAL-TV ^ | April 25, 2003

Posted on 04/25/2003 1:24:08 PM PDT by Timesink

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Two People Shot At University Of Maryland

Witness Recalls Hearing Two Shots

POSTED: 1:10 p.m. EDT April 25, 2003
UPDATED: 3:44 p.m. EDT April 25, 2003

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Two people were shot in the head at the University of Maryland early Friday afternoon, police reported.

University of Maryland shooting The shooting was reported just before 1 p.m. at the garage next to the Comcast Center basketball arena, said Mark Brady, a fire department spokesman. The center is the new home to the Maryland Terrapins basketball team.

University of Maryland shooting
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Both victims, who were not identified, were taken to local hospitals and are in "grave" condition, according to Capt. Andy Ellis, a spokesman for the Prince George's County Police Department.

"The initial call was for two shot," Ellis said. He said county homicide detectives were at the scene.

Police said the man pulled his car up behind the woman's car at about 12:45 p.m., blocking her into a parking space. Officers said he shot her while she sat in her car and he then turned the gun on himself.

Ellis said this "does not appear to be an act of random violence." He said police are not looking for a suspect. Police said they found a handgun in the garage.

The garage is on the edge of campus, just off University Boulevard (Md. Route 193), near the 17,100-seat Comcast Center.

Maryland State Police Medivac responds to University of Maryland shooting Mark Scott, a university employee, said he was working in a maintenance building across from the garage when he heard two shots.

Scott said he heard "one shot and a second or so later, I heard another one."

University sophomore Xiomara Larios, 19, said she was trying to drive onto the third level of the garage when two people stopped her and told her there were two bodies lying on the deck ahead.

Larios said she did not see or hear anything. "It just happened so fast. I still can't believe two people got shot," Larios said.

Officers have also not released any information about possible motive or suspects.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: collegepark; feartheturtle

1 posted on 04/25/2003 1:24:08 PM PDT by Timesink
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To: Timesink
Drug deal gone bad?
2 posted on 04/25/2003 1:27:34 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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To: The Old Hoosier
Sniper copycat?
3 posted on 04/25/2003 1:28:44 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (California wine beats French wine in blind taste tests. Boycott French wine.)
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To: The Old Hoosier
Or maybe the old "if I can't have you, nobody can"?
5 posted on 04/25/2003 1:30:14 PM PDT by Bahbah (Pray for our Troops)
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To: The Old Hoosier
Drug deal gone bad?

Man shoots woman, then self -- sounds like a standard-issue "estranged husband/boyfriend" murder-suicide attempt.

6 posted on 04/25/2003 1:32:07 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: r9etb
Why can't we all just get along.

Rodney
7 posted on 04/25/2003 1:34:24 PM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: Timesink
They are still alive? Must have been a .22
8 posted on 04/25/2003 1:40:18 PM PDT by Djarum
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To: Djarum
a .22, why?
9 posted on 04/25/2003 1:47:49 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: r9etb
That was my thought. An angry husband or a jilted boyfriend seems most likely.
10 posted on 04/25/2003 1:57:19 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Bahbah
Or maybe the old "if I can't have you, nobody can"?

Bingo!!! You nailed it.

11 posted on 04/25/2003 2:00:11 PM PDT by HenryLeeII
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To: Timesink
Isn't this a little early for the purposes of the "assault weapon" ban renewal debate?
12 posted on 04/25/2003 2:04:15 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: Timesink
Fear the turtle with a gun.
13 posted on 04/25/2003 2:06:45 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: MD_Willington_1976
I don't know of any other calibre that could leave two people alive after being shot in the head.
14 posted on 04/25/2003 2:20:38 PM PDT by Djarum
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To: The Old Hoosier
Probably a guy who was shown the door by the woman, and couldn't keep his jealousy under control.
15 posted on 04/25/2003 2:27:49 PM PDT by DCPatriot
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To: Djarum
"They are still alive? Must have been a .22"

Maybe somebody just can't shoot. I don't care if you use a .454 Casull. If you can't hit what you're shooting at...well NOBODY ever died directly from a loud noise unless it was a heart attack.

Besides a .22 is what folks like MOSSAD and CIA uses, with a "can" (suppressor) hung on the end. In the end, it's never the caliber...it's a question of shot placement. You can drop an elephant with a .22....if you get him through the eye. Witness the exploits of W.M.D. (Karamojo) Bell. He was a turn of the 20th century elephant (as in Great White Bwana) hunter who was known to use a 6mm to hunt them...that's a .243 folks!

16 posted on 04/25/2003 2:34:08 PM PDT by ExSoldier (My OTHER auto is a .45!)
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To: ExSoldier
A little trivia...Did you know that the original round for the SAW m-249 was a 6mm projectile instead of the 5.56 round...

http://remtek.com/arms/fn/minimi/

on the subject of the .22 enetring a soft skull (don't try this on a bear !!)...One thing I have noticed about a .22 is that it has the punch to go in but not come out...the result is a bunch of lead bits rattling around the inside of the skull, its like that "inside the shell" egg beater thing from Ronco.

http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/eggscrambler.htm?gid=KITCHEN
17 posted on 04/25/2003 4:53:36 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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