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  • TSU Shooting Leaves One Dead, Northern Arizona University Shooting Kills One

    Friday’s TSU shooting left one person dead and another wounded, while the killer remains at large.

    It was Friday morning at Texas Southern University when three suspects approached the victims in a student housing parking lot and opened fire.

    TSU President John Rudley said the student who died was a freshman at the university. His name has not been released, pending notification of his family.

    “He was a beautiful young man trying to get his life together,” Rudley said. “I wish he was still here.”

    Two suspects have been detained, but the third–believed to be the killer–hasn’t been apprehended. All involved are TSU students.

    John Rudley spoke out about the easy access to guns.

    “This is becoming too regular,” he said.

    The campus was on lockdown and classes were cancelled following the TSU shooting. The lockdown has since been lifted.

    The TSU shooting took place shortly after another deadly shooting at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. A fight quickly escalated into a shooting near a fraternity house. One person is dead and three others were wounded. A freshman, 18-year-old Steven Jones, has been charged with first degree murder and three felony counts of aggravated assault.

    Freshman Colin Brough was killed in the Arizona shooting.

    “We awake this morning to a terrible tragedy,” university president Rita Cheng said at a news conference. Cheng called the shooting “an isolated and unprecedented incident.”

    Both the TSU shooting and the shooting at Northern Arizona University took place at the same time President Barack Obama was visiting Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon where nine people died in a classroom shooting last week.

    Two non-fatal shooting incidents have also been reported at TSU in recent weeks.

    It is unfathomable how parents feel safe sending their kids off to college these days. These tragedies are increasing at an alarming rate.

    What’s your take on how incidents like today’s TSU shooting and Northern Arizona University shooting, as well as last week’s tragedy at Umpqua Community College can be prevented?

  • Michael Strahan Donates $100K To University Marching Band

    Retired American football pro Michael Strahan is giving back to his alma mater, Texas Southern University, by donating a whopping $100,000 to the marching band.

    “Ocean of Soul,” as the marching band is called, will be using the funds to travel to Canton, Ohio so that they can play when Strahan is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August. The 42-year-old Strahan announced the news on Tuesday morning on Live with Kelly and Michael!, ABC’s morning show that he co-hosts with Kelly Ripa.

    The marching band needed $150,000 and they surpassed their monetary goal with Strahan’s donation, Kevin Hart’s $50,000 donation, and other donations. Strahan said, “I can’t let Kevin do it all alone, so I’m going to give them $100,000. Thank you, Kevin for the $50,000, and I’ll give the hundred and we’ll get the band there and hopefully the kids will have a great time. And I appreciate all the support.”

    Drum major Darius Harris said, “We have a special edge. We bring things out to light that other bands cannot bring.”

    Marching band director Richard Lee said that playing at the Pro Football Hall of Fame event is an exciting opportunity for the band, as many people have not seen them play yet. “We want to make sure we give them an excellent performance as we always do,” he said.

    Texas Southern University’s Associate Vice President Eva Pickens said that they had a goal to raise $150,000 in 30 days. Now that they surpassed their goal, the excess funds will be used for scholarships for the band students.

    “Ocean of Soul” will be participating in the Pro Football Hall of Fame event by performing at the fan appreciation tailgate party at the Hall of Fame Campus. The event will be held on August 2.

    Strahan played for the New York Giants from 1993 to 2007.

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