Feb 8, 2008 3:50 pm US/Mountain
3 Dead In Shooting At Louisiana Technical College
BATON ROUGE, La. (CBS) ―
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Police respond to a shooting on the campus of Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge on Feb. 8, 2008.
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A woman opened fire in a classroom and killed two other women at Louisiana Technical College, police said.
Police started to get calls about the shooting at around 8:30 am Friday morning. They were on the scene within minutes.
At a press conference, police said the shooting was confined to one classroom. The shooter apparently killed herself after blasting the other two women.
All three were dead at the scene.
Police said the classroom was full at the time and they will be interviewing witnesses. All the other students in the classroom were safely evacuated.
The school offers classes in a dozen subjects including early childhood education, practical nursing, drafting and welding.
Police withheld the names of the shooter and the victims, ages 21 and 26, until their families could be notified. The victims were nursing students, reported CBS affiliate WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge.
The school - one of two LTC campuses in Baton Rouge and dozens around the state - offers classes in a dozen subjects including early childhood education, practical nursing, drafting and welding.
School administrators and campus police did not immediately return calls or e-mails.
Louis Davis, who said he was taking an automobile technology class Friday morning, said a teacher told the students to stay in class because there had been an incident, without adding details. Students had to stay in their classrooms for about two hours and were briefly questioned by police before being released for the day, he said.
Classes were canceled through Tuesday, and tentatively scheduled to resume Wednesday, said Jim Henderson, vice president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.
"This is a tragic day for Baton Rouge, when you come to a learning institution ... and become the victim of a violent crime," Mayor Kip Holden said at the scene.
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