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The ideas and opinions of advertisements appearing in this Sarah Kenney, Joe. Zimmermann Larissa Cruz publication are not necessarily those of The Review staff or the university. Jlt September 25, 2007 3 DSU freshman arrested for shooting Two students wounded in on-campus incident BY SARAH KENNEY & SARAH LIPMAN stated in its first press Managing News Editor & Executive Editor release Friday. After a three-day investigation, the At a press conference Delaware State University Police and Dover held Friday afternoon, Police Departments arrested a freshman stu officials discussed the dent Monday morning in relation to the on nature of the case. campus shooting which occurred early "This was not an act Friday. of terrorism," Overton Loyer Braden, 18, was charged with said. "This was not a one count each of attempted murder in the crazed gunman who found first-degree, assault in the first-degree, pos his way onto campus." session of a firearm during the commission DSU President Allen of a felony and reckless endangering, Sessoms said the incident according to DSU Police Chief James was contained to campus. Overton. "This is an internal Overton said although the investigation problem - no externali is ongoing, the arrest is a step forward for ties - just kids who did the university community. very stupid things," "My students are safe," he said. "We Sessoms said. have the ·sh1ooter in custody and that's the At a press conference most important part." held Monday, Overton Following Braden's arrest, he was said there are no motives arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 7 in at this time. Dover and admitted to a Delaware prison in He said he was not lieu of $75,000 secured bail, Overton said. aware of allegations the Police reports stated a group of eight to shooting was motivated by 10 students left the Village Cafe sometime an altercation on Tuesday, between midnight and 1 a.m. Friday, and Sept. 18, in which an congregated between the Grossley Hall and unidentified man allegedly Memorial Hall ~ spit in Braden's face. At approximately 12:54 a.m. on Sept. The DSU campus is 21, DSU police received·a report of gunfire no stranger to tragedy. On near the Memorial Hall gymnasium. Police Aug. 4, three university said . four to six shots were fired and two students were shot and university students - ShaJ.ita Middleton killed execution-style in and Nathaniel Pugh-;-- were wounded. their hometown of Both stUdents were 17-year-old fresh Newark, N.J. men from the Washington D.C. area. "We've been through Middleton, a cheerleader, was shot twice in difficult times and we the abdomen and is listed in serious condi know what it means to THEREVIEW/SarahLipman tion at Christiana Hospital. Pugh was shot support the families," Delaware State University Police Chief James Overton said the shooting "is an internal problem." once in the ankle and is listed in stable con Sessoms said. "We are dition at Kent General Hospital in Dover. going to work to get to the University. the campus is not as secure. University officials requested Friday bottom of whatever kinds of tensions exist "That's a lesson of Virginia Tech - He said he was not afraid to return to that students living in residence halls on campus- they're on every campus." quick response," Sessoms said. "We com school. remain indoors and faculty was told not to He said the university accepts students municated immediately. You . can't believe "I still feel safe," Minor said. "Just take report to work. Campus remained on lock from across the country, some from difficult people are going to read their e-mails at 1 that extra look around to make sure no one's down on Saturday, with limited access for family backgrounds. o'clock in the morning. We went around following you." athletic teams and student organizations, "We've seen that sometimes [students] and knocked on doors; we put fliers up in Senior Ashlee Todd said she was relax according to the DSU Web site. The campus can't even be saf(i when they go home," residence halls." ing in her dorm room with some friend~ was reopened and classes resumed yester Sessoms said. "This is safer than most of Immediately after the dispatch call to when one of them got a call saying a friend day. the places they go back to." university police, DSU officials notified its of his had been shot. The student who "The primary priorities of the universi He said he believed the university's residence hall staffofthe shooting. By 2:01 received the call wanted to go to the scene. ty at this point are the safety of the residen . response was immediate, due to new alert a.m., the initial notification was complj:ted. Todd said she did not want him to go alone, tial student population and the DSU Police systems implemented after the tragedy at At approximately 2:40 Friday morning, so a group went with him at approximately investigation of the shooting," the Web site Virginia Polytechnic Institute & _ State the campus was secured. Warning notifica 1:20 a.m. tions were posted in all residence She said most of her friends were ini halls and on the university Web site tially skeptical about the shooting. and an emergency phone-line mes "At first, all of us thought it was a sage was activated. rumor," Todd said. "We figured nothing was Senior Shadrack Minor said he happening. But it became real once we saw was at a diner across the street when the cop cars, the police and the helicopters he was notified initially by a friend. -that's how we actually found out." He quickly received official word of She said she and her roommate, the incident. Shanequa Ramsey, were horrified by the "By 1:15, I got a call and every~ shooting. thing was locked down," Minor said. "Out of the three years that we've been "Cop cars were flying in here; there here, nothing like this has ever happened," were two or three helicopters, para Todd said. "We never thought it would hap medics- everything." ' pen on campus. Of course you hear about He said many students went home shootings happening in Delaware and after the incident, but their departure around the campus, but not actually on cam was not unexpected due to the pus." """. NASCAR races held in Dover over Sessoms said he hopes the community the weekend. can recover from the tragedy. "People .usually go horne race "Nobody expects things like this to weekends because it's so crowded," happen and when they happen, you react as Minor said. best you can," he said. "What's most impor He said he believes DSU's campus tant is the follow-up to make sure that there is easily accessible, which could . are no further surprises." have facilitated the crime. Although students need identification to enter THE REVIEW/Sarah Lipman the front gates, Min_or said the rear of Students leave Delaware State University Friday, after campus was reopened for limited access. •. 4 September 25, 2007 m First-year exp. for police ch-ief BY KELLY DURJ(IN Luft said it was difficult Copy Desk Chief replacing former Police Chief Each fall, thousands of stu William F. Nefosky, Jr., who died dents descend on Newark for the of pancreatic cancer earlier this first time, exploring and familiar year, and credits the staff of the izing themselves with- the town police department for their leader they will call home for the next ship during that difficult time.