SU fan shot by security guard
By MARK F. BONNER
Advocate staff writer
Published: Sep 10, 2006
Advocate staff photo by LIZ CONDO
Baton Rouge Police Department homicide Detectives Elvin Howard and Chris Johnson investigate the scene of a shooting beside A.W. Mumford Stadium at Southern University. The Jaguars played their first home football game of the season Saturday against the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils.
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For the second time in two years Saturday night, the Southern University campus became the scene of a shooting during a home football game, a shooting the university chancellor described as “an unfortunate incident.”
Although details were sketchy late Saturday, Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman Capt. Danny Martin said a security guard hired by the university pulled his gun and shot a man in the abdomen while the guard was on duty on Harding Boulevard about 7:30 p.m..
The victim, whom police did not identify, was undergoing surgery at LSU Earl K. Long Medical Center Saturday night, Martin said.
Also late Saturday, the security guard, whom police did not identify, was sitting in the Southern University Police Station waiting to be interviewed by Baton Rouge police detectives.
“At this time we do not know what led to the confrontation that led to the shooting,” Martin said. “Detectives on the scene are still interviewing witnesses.”
The shooting happened about 30 minutes into the Jaguars’ first home game of the season against Mississippi Valley State University. The shooting did not interrupt the game.
Last season, during Southern’s Oct. 8 homecoming game against Alabama A&M University, a fight outside the southeast corner of A.W. Mumford Stadium resulted in an unidentified man opening fire into a crowd of tailgaters, striking three people — one of whom is a female Southern student.
All three were transported from the scene to area hospitals. Wounds suffered by the three during the shooting were not considered life-threatening, he said.
Weeks later two people were arrested in the shooting, including Raydrian Elmon McKneely, 19. He was later shot and killed in a separate incident, not believed to be connected to the SU shooting.
Interim Southern Police Chief and former Louisiana State Police Superintendent Col. Terry Landry requested the investigation be handled solely by the Baton Rouge Police Department.
Late Saturday, Southern Chancellor Edward Jackson released the following statement:
“An unfortunate incident occurred near the campus of Southern University during tonight’s football game. An altercation between two persons not affiliated with Southern University resulted in a shooting.
“The site of the incident was an off-campus privately owned and run facility.
“This is a regrettable occurrence and the University extends its heartfelt concern to all parties involved,” Jackson’s statement said.
“The university will continue to be very security-minded for all of its public events. We want to assure all of our fans that their security is always our No. 1 priority,” the statement said.
Story originally published in The Advocate
By MARK F. BONNER
Advocate staff writer
Published: Sep 10, 2006
Advocate staff photo by LIZ CONDO
Baton Rouge Police Department homicide Detectives Elvin Howard and Chris Johnson investigate the scene of a shooting beside A.W. Mumford Stadium at Southern University. The Jaguars played their first home football game of the season Saturday against the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils.
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For the second time in two years Saturday night, the Southern University campus became the scene of a shooting during a home football game, a shooting the university chancellor described as “an unfortunate incident.”
Although details were sketchy late Saturday, Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman Capt. Danny Martin said a security guard hired by the university pulled his gun and shot a man in the abdomen while the guard was on duty on Harding Boulevard about 7:30 p.m..
The victim, whom police did not identify, was undergoing surgery at LSU Earl K. Long Medical Center Saturday night, Martin said.
Also late Saturday, the security guard, whom police did not identify, was sitting in the Southern University Police Station waiting to be interviewed by Baton Rouge police detectives.
“At this time we do not know what led to the confrontation that led to the shooting,” Martin said. “Detectives on the scene are still interviewing witnesses.”
The shooting happened about 30 minutes into the Jaguars’ first home game of the season against Mississippi Valley State University. The shooting did not interrupt the game.
Last season, during Southern’s Oct. 8 homecoming game against Alabama A&M University, a fight outside the southeast corner of A.W. Mumford Stadium resulted in an unidentified man opening fire into a crowd of tailgaters, striking three people — one of whom is a female Southern student.
All three were transported from the scene to area hospitals. Wounds suffered by the three during the shooting were not considered life-threatening, he said.
Weeks later two people were arrested in the shooting, including Raydrian Elmon McKneely, 19. He was later shot and killed in a separate incident, not believed to be connected to the SU shooting.
Interim Southern Police Chief and former Louisiana State Police Superintendent Col. Terry Landry requested the investigation be handled solely by the Baton Rouge Police Department.
Late Saturday, Southern Chancellor Edward Jackson released the following statement:
“An unfortunate incident occurred near the campus of Southern University during tonight’s football game. An altercation between two persons not affiliated with Southern University resulted in a shooting.
“The site of the incident was an off-campus privately owned and run facility.
“This is a regrettable occurrence and the University extends its heartfelt concern to all parties involved,” Jackson’s statement said.
“The university will continue to be very security-minded for all of its public events. We want to assure all of our fans that their security is always our No. 1 priority,” the statement said.
Story originally published in The Advocate
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