2 people shot dead at Louisiana's Grambling State University, suspect sought

[Betallsports]

Police are hunting for the person who shot and killed a student and another man early Wednesday morning at Louisiana's Grambling State University, officials said.


Lincoln Parish police received 911 calls just after midnight about the shooting, which occurred nearly 37 miles west of Monroe, sheriff’s spokesman Stephen Williams said. The suspect fled the scene, spurring a manhunt that prompted a call for students to stay indoors. Police were on the scene assisting campus police.


"It was an altercation that started inside one of the dorm rooms and spilled out into the courtyard," Williams said. "We're interviewing witnesses."

One of the victims was identified as Earl Andrews, 23, a student at the university, Grambling State University Media Relations Director Will Sutton told local news outlets. The other man killed was Monquiarius Caldwell, 23. It’s unclear why Caldwell was on the campus and what his relationship is with Andrews. Both men were from Farmerville, La.


The shooting occurred as students celebrated the university’s Homecoming, the Monroe News Star reported. Grambling State University did not address the shooting directly on its social media pages, but said Wednesday morning that offices and buildings will be open.
"Grambling State University offices are open with normal business hours and students are expected to attend classes as scheduled," the university said in a tweet.


Sutton called the deadly shooting a “horrible tragedy” and “nothing that anybody would’ve ever wanted to have happened.”
"Our prayers are with the victims and their families," Sutton said. "There’s no place for violence on Grambling State University campus. We always encourage our students to be safe, to be aware, watch who they hang out with, and watch who’s around at all times. This is a most unfortunate situation."
The Associated Press contributed to this report

 

[Mr_Mark]

serious question... do all students and faculty at Grambling have to be black?

 

[CarolinaKid]

^^^^^^^why would a white person want to go there is another serious question

 

[PoundFoolish]

if you are her....maybe

 

[Greenbacks]

Earl Andrews and Monquiarious Caldwell, both 23, shot and killed.

 

[Greenbacks]

 

[Mr_Mark]

^^^^^^^why would a white person want to go there is another serious question

there are more than just black and white people in existence. I really have no clue if there are requirements but IF there are, that would be considered an outdated rule right? living in the past....? not promoting equality and adding to the 'racial divide'

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

Fake news for the far right....

 

[CarolinaKid]

ok MARK let try this again, why would a person that is not black want to go to a black college that is 100% black, is that better for you

 

[JudgeWapner]

Possibly for an education. It's only 90% black.

 

[Mr_Mark]

ok MARK let try this again, why would a person that is not black want to go to a black college that is 100% black, is that better for you

You are missing the point buddy

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

ok MARK let try this again, why would a person that is not black want to go to a black college that is 100% black, is that better for you

They speak English at Grambling...

 

[Greenbacks]

 

[Railbird]

The place kicker is White

 

[Greenbacks]

The place kicker is White

And the shooter is black

 

[Greenbacks]

GRAMBLING, La. (AP) – A suspect is in custody in the double-killing at Grambling State University – and it’s a fellow student.
Jaylin M. Wayne, a 19-year-old freshman from St. Louis, faces first-degree murder charges in the shooting that killed another student and his friend after a fight on the Louisiana college’s campus, Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman Maj. Stephen Williams said in a news release.
The shooting followed an altercation that started inside a dorm room and spilled out into a courtyard about midnight Tuesday, Williams said. Wayne turned himself in Thursday evening after his arrest warrant was issued.
Sheriff Mike Stone said in a statement earlier this week that the suspect and victims knew each other “to some extent.” He stressed that the shooting wasn’t random or an act of terrorism.
“It became apparent very early in the investigation that this was not some random occurrence, that these people did know each other,” Grambling State President Richard Gallot Jr. said in a telephone interview after the student’s arrest.
University spokesman Will Sutton identified the victims as Grambling junior Earl Andrews and Monquiarious Caldwell, both 23 and from Farmerville, Louisiana, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from Grambling.
Classes have been held as usual at the historically black college in northern Louisiana, where nearly 5,000 students are enrolled.
But Gallot said the campus will have “increased police and security” this week. He also said that student leaders decided to hold a “peace walk” on Friday instead of a homecoming pep rally.
“It’s a very sad and unfortunate situation,” he said.
Andrews’ brother, Ledarius Heard, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that Andrews and Caldwell were friends from high school and cousins by marriage. Heard, 31, said his brother, who lived with him off campus in Ruston, was studying criminal justice and hoped to move to Texas after graduation to be closer to his 1-year-old son.
The deadly shootings happened during the school’s homecoming week. Heard said Andrews typically came home immediately after his classes but had been on campus Tuesday night to hang out with friends during homecoming week.