Northern Arizona University Shooting Report

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My story covers the topic of the shooting that took place at Northern Arizona University during the early hours of the morning on Friday, October 9. A freshman and pledge of Sigma Chi at the university became involved in a fight with other students around 1:20 a.m. He then proceeded to run to his car and picked up a handgun. He shot four members of the Delta Chi, another fraternity, multiple times, killing one of his victims. Students that attend the university were upset because the university did not announce the incident until over an hour after it took place. Another point made at the end of this news story covered by CNN was that this incident took place on the same day that President Obama visited Oregon and the families that were affected

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