One person has been killed and two others wounded in a shooting on the campus of Tennessee State University in Nashville, police have confirmed, while the search for the suspected gunman continues.
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department have said that the incident on Thursday night, at around 11pm, is believed to have followed a dispute over a dice game in an outdoor courtyard.
According to local media, the victim who died, a 19-year-old male, is said not to have been a student at the university. A spokesman for the police department said students were present, with some recording video.
"There were a number of students who took out their cellphones and began recording as the fight was taking place. We have seen some of that video from cooperating students, obviously people scattered when shots were fired, so we know that there are other students who have video who may have good knowledge of the parties involved in this," said Don Aaron.
Aaron continued: "If we had a good description of the shooter to give you, we would be putting that out. I would also remind you the report of the shots fire was at 10:52 and it was very dark."
The gunshot victims were transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said Tanya Stone, operations supervisor for the Metro Nashville emergency communication center.
The two who survived had injuries not considered life-threatening, the Tennessean newspaper reported.
Last week, three people were shot and wounded during a house party near the university campus.
Thursday's night shooting follows a spate of gun violence near universities and colleges this month. Earlier in October, an 18-year-old student at the Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff was accused of killing one student and injuring three others on campus.
On October 1, nine people were killed at a community college in Oregon — the deadliest among dozens of mass shootings in the US in the past two years.
BTW,"Stagger Lee" was one of my favorite songs when I was a kid.
According to Wikipedia the real "Stagger Lee" was an African-American pimp who shot Billy Lyons in a St Louis bar because Lyons had taken Stagger Lee's Stetson hat... (or something like that).
There are many different versions of the story that are much less "sanitized" than the popular song that we know. LOL!
