My college was on lockdown

[Entropy]

I am out of town at a conference but got the message that a shooting happened adjacent to campus. My wife was stuck on campus (she is an adjunct on campus) but didn't see anything.

Police investigate shooting near Kirkwood campus in Cedar Rapids | TheGazette (http://thegazette.com/2012/04/20/kirkwood-four-oaks-on-lockdown-after-southwest-cedar-rapids-shooting/)

[Skia]

Just WTF is up with people?? Good to know wifey is safe. :seasix:

[Entropy]

We have a lot of out of state students, particularly from the less than awesome areas of Chicago. My guess it's related to that. We'll see what comes from the investigation. At this point no one has died yet.

[Yerf Dog]

We have a lot of out of state students, particularly from the less than awesome areas of Chicago

Impossible. Guns are illegal in Chicago.

[Bill]

Do the hourly staff get overtime if they are forced to stay against their will?

[Entropy]

Do the hourly staff get overtime if they are forced to stay against their will?
Woof. No idea. It was during normal business hours so I doubt that becomes an issue.

Hopefully it was none of my students who were injured.

[Bingo Fuel]

Glad you and your's are safe! :cert:

There's been a string of home invasions out here in the last week or so.
Poor bad guys found out the hard way that the homeowners were armed.

[Jobaka]

Glad you and your's are safe! :cert:

There's been a string of home invasions out here in the last week or so.
Poor bad guys found out the hard way that the homeowners were armed.

Amazing how quickly a crime wave can stop when the criminal encounters an armed homeowner.

[yell01]

You own a college?! That's so cool!!!!!

[Entropy]

I stand corrected. The perp wasn't from Chicago.

Police: Arrest Made in Kirkwood Court Shootings
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A man was arrested and charged in connection with Friday's shootings at the Kirkwood Court Apartments, police said.

Teran Huff, 25, of Des Moines, was charged with first-degree robbery, two counts of attempted murder, and two counts of willful injury. Police said Huff voluntarily went to speak with investigators with the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

Earlier Monday, police identified the shooting victims. Shannon Gaskins, 21, of Cedar Rapids, Alexander White, 22, of Cedar Rapids, and Raymond Sellers, 24, of Chicago, were all injured. They remained in critical condition, but police said they were expected to live.

Police are still trying to determine the relationship between Huff and the victims.

[Sea Six]

I stand corrected. The perp wasn't from Chicago.

Good.

[Entropy]

Pic of the perp.

http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Huff-Teran.jpg

[Datawiz]

Pic of the perp.

http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Huff-Teran.jpg

Guess we know who he voted for. :rolleyes:

[Entropy]

The plot thickens. Looks like a robbery gone bad. Damn.

Looks like Chicago is back in the mix. :Jeff '79:

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Two additional people were arrested Wednesday in last week’s Kirkwood Court Apartment shooting stemming from a robbery.

One of the men with a gunshot wound from the incident, Raymond Sellers, 24, of Chicago, was released from Mercy Hospital and taken into custody today in connection with first-degree robbery, two counts of attempted murder and two counts of willful injury causing serious injury.

Shantres Johnson, 21, of 2009 Park Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, was arrested in connection with aiding and abetting first-degree robbery. She was already in custody on a probation violation.

Sellers and Johnson will have initial appearances on the charges 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Linn County District Court.

Shannon Gaskins, 21, and Alexander White, 22, who lived at Kirkwood Court Apartments were shot during the alleged robbery. They remained hospitalized and their condition is unknown, police said Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Teran Huff, 25, of Des Moines, was charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of willful injury causing serious injury. According to a criminal complaint, Huff admitted to displaying a firearm with the intent to rob Gaskins and White and to kill them.

According to an application for search warrant filed Wednesday, Gaskins told police two black male suspects came into her apartment and asked “where the weed was” and when she told them she didn’t have any, they shot her and White. Officers found White lying on the sofa in the living room with a gunshot wound to his abdomen and Gaskins had a gunshot wound to her chest and back area.

Officers found blood inside the apartment by the front door, in the hallway and in one of the bedrooms, according to the search warrant. Two spent shell casings were recovered from the hall and a bullet without the casing was found outside the front door to the apartment.

Police also collected several blood swabs, marijuana, cell phones, a camera, handgun and clothing from the apartment, according to the search warrant. The handgun was found underneath a bed.

Sellers has previous convictions of controlled substance violation, sex offender registry violation, assault causing bodily injury and an escape.

Johnson has previous convictions for unauthorized use of a credit card, possession of a controlled substance, theft and assault causing bodily injury.

Huff also has a previous criminal history of controlled substance violation, two escape convictions and was charged as a juvenile at age 11 with first-degree robbery, all out of Polk County.

[Bill]

Guess we know who he voted for. :rolleyes:

Only his tattoo provider (tattoist?) knows for sure.