Louisiana University Cancels Classes After Two Fatal Shootings Within a Week

Rick Gallot, the president of Grambling State University successful Grambling, Louisiana, announced that the assemblage would cancel classes and enforce a curfew aft the schoolhouse experienced 2 fatal shootings wrong a week.

Classes for Monday and Tuesday person been canceled. The curfew volition beryllium imposed from 9:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice.

“Our students travel present for an acquisition and acold excessively often it’s outsiders who person created these situations that person enactment beingness and limb into successful danger,” Gallot said successful a statement. “That’s not wherefore we’re here. That’s not what we’re astir aft 120 years, and truthful again, our precedence is keeping our students safe.” 

“Right present we’re focused connected providing enactment to our students present connected campus,” helium added.  

One idiosyncratic was killed and 7 others were wounded successful a shooting connected field yesterday morning. A fishy has not been identified.

Last week, a shooter killed a 19-year-old pupil and injured a 16-year-old student. Police person issued an apprehension warrant for an 18-year-old pupil who has been charged with 1 number of second-degree murder, 1 number of attempted second-degree murder, and possessing a firearm connected schoolhouse property.