11/30/2012

Bow and arrow attack kills 1 at Wyoming college

By NBC News staff

One person was killed and another seriously wounded Friday in an attack with a bow and arrow-type weapon on the campus of Casper College in Casper, Wyo., a college spokesman told NBC News.

The attack occurred before 9 a.m. local time at the physical science center on campus, according to Casper College's Rich Fujita.

He said police found a male faculty member dead and a second person seriously injured. That person was taken into custody and may be a suspect. 

Police indicated the weapon was a "bow and arrow type," Fujita said.


The campus was locked down temporarily while police checked for any other suspects, but the lockdown was later lifted. An alert on the community college's website said all classes and activities had been canceled.

Casper College is a two-year community college of 4,400 students in Wyoming's second-largest city.

The school has a small security team on campus, but they're not armed.  

"It's such a small town that Casper police is very close," Fujita said.

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