Seattle shooting: suspect Aaron Rey Ybarra arrives at court
Shooting suspect Aaron Rey Ybarra is directed into a hearing at a King County Jail courtroom. The situation was tense when police initially reported that they were searching for a second suspect. They later said no one else was involved.- In 2007, 32 people were fatally shot in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, before the gunman killed himself. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, noting previous mass shootings in the city, said: "Once again the epidemic of gun
- Seven people were killed and three injured when a 43-year-old former student opened fire at a tiny Christian school, Oikos University, in Oakland, California, in 2012. A gunman killed five people and injured 18 when he opened fire in a Northern
- The gun violence follows a spate of recent shootings on or near college campuses. Last month, according to police, Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured seven before turning his gun on himself in a rampage in Isla Vista, California, near two
- About 4,270 undergraduate and graduate students attend the private Christian university. Its 40-acre campus is in a leafy residential neighborhood about 10 minutes from downtown Seattle. The school canceled classes and other activities Friday.
- On Thursday evening, people packed the First Free Methodist Church on campus for a service of prayers and song. So many people crowded into the building that dozens of people gathered on a lawn near the church and formed their own groups as the sun
- The university locked down its campus for several hours, and it alerted students and staff to stay inside. Some students were taking finals in the same building that the shooter entered.
- The afternoon shooting came a week before the end of the school year, and the situation was particularly tense when police initially reported that they were searching for a second suspect. They later said no one else was involved.
- At a news conference Thursday night, Assistant Police Chief Paul McDonagh said the suspect in custody was a white male "approximately 26 years of age" who was not a student at the school. McDonagh said his name would not be released until he's
- A 19-year-old man died at Harborview Medical Center. Three other people were hospitalized. A critically injured 20-year-old woman was taken to surgery, hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg said. A 24-year-old man and a 22-year-old man were in
- A lone gunman killed one person and injured three others on a college campus in the northwestern US city of Seattle, where the mayor denounced America's "epidemic of gun violence."
- The latest bloody rampage to shake the United States came just two weeks after an apparently mentally disturbed man opened fire at a California university and killed six people.
- Those wounded at Seattle Pacific University, including at least one who was critically hurt, were being treated in hospital. The dead victim was a 20-year-old man, according to police.
- The Seattle Police Department described how the gunman opened fire in a lobby of a science building on the campus.
- A student building monitor at Seattle Pacific University disarmed the gunman after he entered the foyer at Otto Miller Hall, and several other students jumped on top of him and pinned him down until police officers arrived, police said.
- A student places some flowers in support at a memorial outside the University.
- A sign on the Seattle Pacific University campus was set up that reads "We Will Overcome This".
- Two women embrace near a prayer circle on the campus of Seattle Pacific University. The classes were canceled following the shooting.
- Seattle Mayor Ed Murray kneels during the prayer along with a student during the prayer service which was held in college.
- Students and other attendees attend prayers at Royal Brougham Pavilion, which was being used as an overflow site for a broadcast of a prayer service.
- Elaine Thompson Defense attorney Ramona Brandes leans across to speak with shooting suspect Aaron Ybarra at the hearing.
Shooting suspect Aaron Rey Ybarra is directed into a hearing at a King County Jail courtroom. The situation was tense when police initially reported that they were searching for a second suspect. They later said no one else was involved.
Seattle shooting: suspect Aaron Rey Ybarra arrives at court
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