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Campus shooting - five wounded
17/09/2006 22:21 - (SA)
Pittsburgh - Five basketball players from Duquesne University here were shot early on Sunday morning during an apparent act of random violence on campus.
Two of the players are said to be in a critical condition.
The shootings happened about 02:15 as several players were returning from an on-campus party at the student union and others were sitting on benches outside Vickroy Hall, the dormitory where the shootings took place.
The players most badly injured were Sam Ashaolu and Stuard Baldonado.
Treated and released from Mercy Hospital were Shawn James, Kojo Mensah and Aaron Jackson.
According to police, two players were returning from a social function on campus when they encountered a man who apparently had been disruptive at the party.
The players tried to calm down the man, but were shot as they began walking away from him.
The gunman was not a Duquesne student, police said.
- AP
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