2 Killed in Shooting at U. of North Carolina at Charlotte – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Two people were killed and four others injured on Tuesday in a shooting inside a building at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
The police announced that they had disarmed a suspect and taken him into custody. He was later identified as Trystan Andrew Terrell, 22, a former student at the university. He was reportedly armed with a pistol.
As of early Wednesday morning, the police had not released the names of the dead or the wounded, three of whom were described in news reports as being in critical condition. The injuries to the fourth person were described as less serious.
The Niner Times, Charlotte’s student newspaper, reported that its sports writer, Drew Pescaro, was recovering from surgery after being injured in the shooting. The paper also quoted a student as saying that the shooting took place in a Science, Technology, and Society class taught by Adam Johnson, an anthropology instructor.