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by Associated Press
Friday, February 8, 2008
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A
23-year-old woman killed two fellow students in a classroom at a
vocational college Friday, then killed herself, police said. The
women apparently were shot in their seats in the second-floor classroom
at Louisiana Technical College, Baton Rouge Sgt. Don Kelly said. About
20 people were in the room at the time, he said. Officers ran into the building within four minutes of the first 911 call, which came at 8:36 a.m., Kelly said. “There
was mass pandemonium, people running,” he said. “One officer — the
first into the classroom — told me he could still smell gunpowder.” Police withheld the names of the shooter and the victims, ages 21 and 26, until their families could be notified. The school offers classes in a dozen subjects including early childhood education, practical nursing, drafting and welding. School administrators and campus police did not immediately return calls or e-mails. Louis
Davis, who said he was taking an automobile technology class Friday
morning, said a teacher told the students to stay in class because
there had been an incident, without adding details. Students had to
stay in their classrooms for about two hours and were briefly
questioned by police before being released for the day, he said. Classes
were canceled through Tuesday, and tentatively scheduled to resume
Wednesday, said Jim Henderson, vice president of the Louisiana
Community and Technical College System. “This is a tragic day for
Baton Rouge, when you come to a learning institution … and become the
victim of a violent crime,” Mayor Kip Holden said at the scene.
