Fowler said he couldn’t immediately explain the messaging delays but said officers sent initial alerts out of an abundance of caution even though the situation was under control and there was no danger to students.
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Thoughts and prayers out to the brothers of Delta Chi. The statement by Executive Director Justin Sherman said the gunman was not a member.
A few Delta Chi fraternity members were involved in the shooting, the Washington Post and other media reported. He ran to his auto and retrieved a handgun. But the chances of anyone getting killed or seriously injured would be greatly diminished – since it’s likely no one would have a weapon as risky as a firearm in the first place.
Neither Fowler nor NAU have identified any of the victims, other than saying they were all students.
Two people have died after two separate university shootings in Texas and Arizona, just hours apart.
Prato told CBS News 8 the call came in at 2:00 a.m.
An early morning shooting on Friday has shocked students and staff at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
Emergency medical personnel were on the scene a 1:33 a.m.
Brough was from Castle Rock, Colorado, about 30 miles south of downtown Denver.
A few NAU students were awake during the shooting, tweeting “stay safe” and “Pray for #NAU”. The name of the dead student has not been identified either, but that he was a freshman.
Police say the shooting erupted in a confrontation between two student groups.
Local and university police are conducting the ongoing investigation into the incident. Brough was killed. Three other male students were hurt.
Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick lives in Flagstaff.
The suspected shooter is in custody, according to a university spokesperson. The hospital said it couldn’t release any information on conditions.
Jones says from there he was chased by several others as he ran to his vehicle and then he yelled at them that he had a gun. University police Chief Gregory T. Fowler said Jones was cooperating with investigators. “When I think of Flagstaff, I think safety”, said freshman Cameron Sands, who had pledged at a fraternity and was supposed to move into Mountain View Hall on Friday.
The shooting happened at 1:20 a.m.in a parking lot outside a dorm.
Cheng, the university president, said Friday morning that the “campus is secure and classes will go on as scheduled”.
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The shooter was in custody, and the school was not on lockdown, university spokesman Cindy Brown told CNN. One person was killed and three people are being treated at the Flagstaff Medical Center.
