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Campus shooting prompts meeting

September 19, 2005

A Saturday-morning shooting injuring two men outside Fee Hall spurred an informational meeting between Department of Police and Public Safety officers, students, staff and administrators in Hubbard Hall on Sunday night.

The meeting was to inform residents about the incident and to get student opinion on what could be done, said Lee June, vice president of student affairs and services.

MSU officials don't have any immediate changes planned, June said.

"Anytime there's an incident like this, it's serious but I don't think this incident will put us in a crisis mode," June said.

At about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, officers were dispatched to Hubbard Hall and heard several gunshots coming from parking Lot 30, MSU police Sgt. Paul Kuchek said.

The officers counted at least seven shots, and found that a 22-year-old man lay near a car with a gunshot wound in his lower left leg, Kuchek said.

He was transported to Lansing's Sparrow Hospital where the bullet was removed from his leg on Saturday.

The second victim, a 34-year-old male, had noticed the fight as he drove north on Hagadorn Road, heard a pop when the back of his head was grazed by a bullet. The man was able to drive to Residence Inn, 1600 E. Grand River Ave. and call for help. He was treated and released, Kuchek said.

The three vehicles seen leaving the area of the shooting were pulled over and all five occupants were questioned by police, MSU police Officer Britten Riggs said.

A gun and an unknown amount of marijuana were recovered from one of the vehicles, Kuchek said.

Police aren't sure what the men were doing at MSU, Kuchek said.

"We have no idea if the others were visitors, friends - we don't know," Kuchek said. "They were on foot in the area and got into cars parked in the area, so more than likely they were visitors."

Cars parked in Lot 30 were hit with bullets, including Hubbard Hall mentor Nichole Pryor's Ford ZX2.

"I know it's an isolated case, but I'm aggravated because my personal property was hurt," said Pryor, a civil engineering junior.

Isabella Machie, a mentor for the ninth floor in Hubbard Hall and a premedical sophomore, said she discussed the incident with people on her floor before heading to the meeting.

"They wanted me to tell them we all feel safe and we don't feel like we're in danger because this could happen anywhere," Machie said.

Paul Goldblatt, director of Residence Life, sent an e-mail to students from dorms in the area informing them of the incident on Saturday.

"Even though it didn't happen in any of the halls, we decided to just let them know," Goldblatt said.

Dietetics freshman Karen Marcotte said she heard screaming the night of the incident, but just shut her window. She said when she returned to Hubbard Hall at about 3 a.m., it was packed. The next day, she learned what happened through the e-mail.

"I didn't feel too safe after that," Marcotte said. "I felt safe before."

It was too soon to tell if new security measures would be put into place, Goldblatt said. "It behooves us to take a look at that," Goldblatt said. "We don't want to be reactive or not react at all because it didn't happen in the hall. We want to do a measured and well-thought out response, if one is necessary."

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