Wesleyan U. student fatally shot; suspect at large

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<p>Awful…</p>

<p>[The</a> Associated Press: Wesleyan U. student fatally shot; suspect at large](<a href=“http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iSGJvuWvlpCL3tC4WtgEE590iRrQD980UQU03]The”>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iSGJvuWvlpCL3tC4WtgEE590iRrQD980UQU03)</p>

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<p>My daughter is a senior at Wes. We received this email from President Roth. Daughter heard it was a jilted boyfriend (not from Wes) situation, but that isn’t a fact. </p>

<p>Dear Parents:</p>

<p>It is my sad duty to inform you that a Wesleyan student was fatally shot at the Broad Street Bookstore earlier this afternoon. The parents of the student have already been notified, but we cannot release the student’s name until all immediate family members have been contacted. A gun was recovered at the scene of the shooting, however the suspect is still at large. We have asked students, faculty and staff to remain indoors while Middletown Police continue to search for suspect(s). All campus events scheduled for today, including Spring Fling, are canceled.</p>

<p>We will provide appropriate updates to the Wesleyan community on our homepage, <a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu%5B/url%5D”>www.wesleyan.edu</a>, as available.</p>

<p>Michael Roth
President</p>

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<p>mom55, How are your daughter and her friends doing? </p>

<p>This is just terrible. I cannot imagine. My thoughts are with this young woman and those who love her.</p>

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<p>how tragic…</p>

<p>my niece is a junior at Wes and I spoke with my bro and sil an hour ago – breaks your heart to think a family had to receive such a call. I just read the update on the website and made me cry to imagine what they are going thru. She was a junior, with her whole life ahead of her.</p>

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<p>I think they are in shock. It was Spring Fling, to celebrate the end of classes, with a big outdoor concert. A lot of kids were already outside on Foss Hill, and because the assailant was/is still at large, everyone had to go inside. All activities were canceled. Fortunately, my daughter was with friends and they all went together to one of the senior houses so they had each other for comfort. They all knew the victim either as an acquaintance or friend. </p>

<p>I cannot imagine what the victim’s family is going through. I am so sick of people who think the solution to anything is to shoot someone. There is far too much of that happening.</p>

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<p>This is so very sad. This young woman was taught by a family friend at The Westtown School in PA. The staff there is also mourning her loss.</p>

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<p>What a horrible, horrible tragedy. The more recent news stories identify the victim; she was from Colorado. It seems that the man who shot her, inside a bookstore cafe, was wearing some kind of disguise. There’s speculation that it was an ex-boyfriend. </p>

<p>The frequency with which women are murdered by estranged boyfriends and husbands is something I can’t even begin to comprehend.</p>

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<p>How tragic. How many more before we have meaningful gun control.</p>

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<p>People in the greater Middletown area are in shock also. This sort of thing just doesn’t happen here. There is more news now, none of it heartening. The suspect is a 29 year old man “of no certain address.”</p>

<p>[Wesleyan</a> Shooting: Student Johanna Justin-Jinich Shot Dead Near Wesleyan; Gunman At Large – Courant.com](<a href=“http://www.courant.com/community/news/mr/hcu-middletown-shooting-0506,0,6172233.story]Wesleyan”>http://www.courant.com/community/news/mr/hcu-middletown-shooting-0506,0,6172233.story)</p>

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<p>God, how awful. There’s actually a security camera photo of the murderer walking down the aisle of the store with a gun in his hand.</p>

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<p>This is so tragic and sad and I can’t think of anything much worse. Terrible!</p>

<p>Thinking of her family and the entire Wesleyan community.</p>

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<p>My wife and I were there Tuesday night for an awards reception. It was so nice. The next thing on our minds was graduation plans. Weds. afternoon our son called to let us know he was fine but that a Wes student was shot at Broad Street Books. Our son had been in the cafe just 1/2 hour before the shooting. Very sad.</p>

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<p>Such a tragedy – I have a lot of personal connections with Wesleyan, friends who attended, friends who were on the faculty. I know the area fairly well.</p>

<p>The Hartford Courant (courant.com) has the security camera photo.</p>

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<p>at Wesleyan and texted me about 2 PM yesterday. Parents just received another email this morning; students and staff are to stay indoors today and they will receive additional info about food, etc. My son works at the Book Store cafe several days a week but was not there yesterday. My heart goes out to Johanna’s family and friends.</p>

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<p>Wesleyan has a warm place in my family’s heart. It’s sickening and heartbreaking to read about this–my heart goes out to her family and friends.</p>

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<p>NPR just ran the story. Not a random act and they have a suspect (not yet caught)</p>

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<p>My heart goes out to the entire Wesleyan University family. I cannot imagine.</p>

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<p>Did you see the statement that the monster is believed to have targeted/be targeting Jewish groups?</p>

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<p>Apparently he had harrassed her after they took a summer class together at NYU. She contacted police and he left the city.</p>

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<p>[Police:</a> Wesleyan suspect targeting school, Jews](<a href=“Breitbart News Network”>Breitbart News Network)</p>