shooting at Auburn

[BudSooner]

Yahoo is reporting of a shooting that has taken one life and critically injured two others. Will try and post the link in a second once I figure out how to do it on this damn phone,

[Aries]

Here is one:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/national_world&id=8695939

June 10, 2012 (AUBURN, Ala.) -- The police chief in the Alabama university city of Auburn said authorities responded during the night to a report of multiple gunshot victims at an apartment complex, but he released no immediate information as the building dawned Sunday cordoned in yellow tape.

Auburn Police Chief Tommy Dawson told the Opelika-Auburn News that police answered the report of multiple shooting victims on Saturday night but he had no immediate comment on what happened or whether anyone was in custody.

News photographs showed several emergency vehicles had converged overnight around the University Heights apartment complex where reports indicated a number of students who attend Auburn University typically reside.

At dawn Sunday, an Associated Press reporter at the scene said several uniformed law enforcement officers were standing about a disaster relief trailer parked at the building's entrance, which appeared to be a sort of command center, and all was quiet as some bystanders milled about.

An Auburn police dispatcher contacted by The Associated Press said early Sunday she had no immediate information to release. Police did not immediately return repeated telephone messages seeking comment. A local coroner's office also said it had no information on the situation to immediately give out/

The disaster relief trailer was parked near the entrance to the University Heights apartment complex and lare amounts of yellow tape roped off areas around a front entrance area. An Auburn police truck had towed a large array of spotlights to the area outside the building and they were brilliantly lighting up the entrance to the complex early on a dark, overcast morning.

Auburn University campus police said they had no information and referred calls to city police.

Vasha Hunt, a photographer with the Opelika-Auburn News, was at the apartment complex hours earlier and told AP by telephone before dawn that authorities had set up a white tent there where there was a lot of activity. He said police kept a number of bystanders back for hours away from the scene.

Hunt said at least some of those who initially gathered outside appeared to be residents waiting for permission to enter their apartments and about a dozen police cars, ambulances and other emergency vehicles were parked nearby. Some other reports said students looking on in a somber mood at the scene and that some complex residents who showed identification were later let back into their apartments.

This one contains a little more detail: ~ Aries

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Several-reportedly-shot-near-Ala-s-Auburn-U-3622628.php

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Several people were shot at an apartment complex near Auburn University in Alabama when a fight broke out during a pool party, authorities and a witness said.

Auburn Police Chief Tommy Dawson told the Opelika-Auburn News that police were called Saturday night. He did not say who was shot or discuss their conditions.

Turquorius Vines, 23, said he was at the pool party Saturday evening at the University Heights apartments with one of his friends. He said he and his friend were approached by two other men who started arguing with them over a woman.

Vines said he punched one of the men, while his friend hit both of the men over the head with a bottle. Either one or both of the two men then started shooting, he said. He said his friend was shot and killed, while two others also were hit by gunfire. Vines said he had never before seen the men who he had been arguing with.

"It's like I lost a lung," Vines said of his friend. "I don't know how I'm going to survive this."

Several emergency vehicles had converged overnight around the University Heights apartment complex where reports indicated a number of students who attend Auburn University typically reside. The building was swathed in yellow police tape.

It appeared that the shooting happened in an archway near the apartment complex information center, near the edge of the parking lot. Five uniformed officers guarded the area, which was sealed off with crime scene tape, and a handful of crime scene investigators were at work.

After daybreak Sunday, several uniformed officers stood near a disaster relief trailer parked at the building's entrance, which appeared to be a sort of command center. Some bystanders milled about, looking on at the scene.

An Auburn police dispatcher contacted by The Associated Press said early Sunday she had no immediate information. Police did not immediately return repeated telephone messages seeking comment. Local coroner's officials also said they had no immediate comment.

Auburn University campus police said they had no information and referred calls to city police.

Vasha Hunt, a photographer with the Opelika-Auburn News, was at the apartment complex hours earlier and told the AP by telephone before dawn that authorities had set up a white tent there where there was a lot of activity. He said police kept a number of bystanders back for hours away from the scene.

Hunt said at least some of those who initially gathered outside appeared to be residents waiting for permission to enter their apartments.

[marfacowboy]

More here (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5izOJp_9ocPYkS0oIJu5Thw_9HqYA?docId=30d2466bc f764b6c9f2b2e45be4ca124).
Auburn player Eric Mack shot. Two former players (not on the roster for whatever reason), Ed Christian and Ladarius Phillips may be dead, according to another source.

[BudSooner]

Sad, very sad indeed.

[LVSOONER15]

Damn.

[Sabanball]

Tragic anytime someone so young so senselessly loses their life. Prayers out to the families involved and to Auburn university.