North Carolina college employee shot dead

By Josh Levs, CNN

Story highlights

School print shop operator Ron Lane was killed, college president says
The man believed to be the gunman is identified as former student Kenneth Stancil
The two knew each other, authorities say

(CNN)A gunman walked into a building on the campus of Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on Monday and shot the school’s print shop operator, killing him, authorities said.

The school was placed on lockdown, and the gunman remains at large. All buildings have been cleared, Maj. Tom Effler of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office said.

“This is not a random situation. It is an isolated situation,” he said.

The victim, Ron Lane, was a longtime employee. The suspected gunman, identified by law enforcement as 20-year-old Kenneth Morgan Stancil III, worked at one time for the victim and is a former student at the school.

The Goldsboro Police Department described Stancil as “armed and dangerous.”

“This is indeed a sad day for Wayne Community College and this close family and community,” school President Kay Albertson said.

“Our hearts are heavy at the loss of an employee — a valued employee — and we will soon be reaching out to the family.”

She praised the “rapid response from the city, the county, the state and the federal first responders,” who are “working diligently to apprehend the suspect.”

The shooting took place on the third floor of a campus building. Despite earlier reports, the victim was not killed inside the library, Albertson said.

While authorities were clearing out rooms, they deployed tear gas into a restroom someone was in, Effler said. The person inside turned out not to be the suspect.

Figures from fall 2013 show the two-year school with a student population of 3,837, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, with slightly more than half the students part-time.

Crime statistics from the center’s website show no killings, assaults, robberies or motor vehicle thefts between 2011 and 2013. There were three arrests for illegal weapons possession in 2012 and three in 2013.

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Shooting reported on Wayne Community College campus in Goldsboro, N.C.

By Sasha Goldstein NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Monday, April 13, 2015, 9:04 AM

Staff at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina, warned students of the on campus shooting with a lock down message on its website. www.waynecc.edu/

Staff at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina, warned students of the on campus shooting with a lock down message on its website.

A shooting has been reported on the Wayne Community College campus in Goldsboro, N.C., school officials and police say.

“This is not a drill. The entire campus is under lockdown,” a message reads on the school website.

The shooting reportedly took place at a campus library, cops in Goldsboro, about 53 miles southeast of Raleigh, told WTVD-TV.

For more on this story go to: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/shooting-reported-wayne-community-college-campus-n-article-1.2183236

UPDATE:

One dead in shooting at North Carolina community college
From Yahoo News Reuters

IMAGE: Wayne Community College

Sheriff’s deputies and police officers respond to a shooting at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, N.C., April 13, 2015. (Goldsboro News-Argus)
(Reuters) – One person was killed in a shooting on Monday morning at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and the campus was on lockdown as authorities searched for the shooter, according to media reports.

At least one person was shot in a school library, Daniel Wiggins, assistant operations manager for Wayne County, North Carolina, told CNN.

The suspect is a white, bald man, about 5-foot-11, with a goatee and tattoo over his left eye, CNN reported, citing Wiggins. The suspect was wearing a blue jacket and light-colored pants.

Wiggins told CNN that multiple law enforcement agencies were at the site. The motive for the shooting was not known and it was not clear if there were other victims.

“This is not a drill,” the college said on its website. “The entire campus is on lockdown.”

(Reporting by Suzannah Gonzales in Chicago; Editing by Fiona Ortiz, Susan Heavey and Bill Trott)

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