Ohio St.: Employee kills co-worker, wounds another. The shooter dies of a self inflicted gun shot wound.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio State University employee opened fire Tuesday at a campus maintenance building, killing a co-worker and wounding another, the university said.
A suspect also was wounded and was taken into custody, officials said.
No students at the university, the nation’s largest, were injured, and classes were held as scheduled.
More than 55,000 students are enrolled at the university’s main campus in Columbus.
The shooting was first reported at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, university Police Chief Paul Denton said at a news conference. The two wounded workers were taken to Ohio State University Medical Center, where one was in critical condition and the other was in stable condition, he said. The third employee was pronounced dead at the scene.
Heavily armed campus officers searched buildings in the area, including a university power plant, and the person who police believe was responsible for the shooting was taken into custody, Denton said. Read more here
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USC tailbackStafon Johnson is doing well and his athletic fitness helped him pull through a serious weightlifting accident that required more than seven hours of throat surgery, a trauma expert said today on Monday.
Dr. Gudata Hinika, trauma director at California Hospital Medical Center, said during a news conference that Johnson was communicating nonverbally with family, friends and teammates while being weaned from a ventilator.
“His spirit is very good,” Hinika said.
Johnson was injured Monday when a bar fell on his neck during a weightlifting session at USC.
Hinika said Johnson underwent an emergency tracheotomy when he arrived at the hospital by ambulance. Surgeons then began reconstructive procedures.
“Had that been any one of us, meaning me, I would not have survived,” Hinika said. “His neck was so solid and so muscular, that actually helped maintain his airway.
“And the discipline one learns from being athletic also really helped him to calm down and just do what he needed to do. He took instruction very well. All those in combination … contributed to his outcome.”
Hinika said it was rare injury, especially for weightlifting. Read full story here
