USA: Two police officers killed by fire on campus

Two police officers guarding the premises of a private university in the state Virginiain the east USAwere killed by gunfirewho has now been arrested, local authorities announced.

“We all have too many questions and too few answers” about the tragedy, the president said in a statement. University of Bridgewater, David Bushmanemphasizing that the two victims, the John Painter and Jay Jay Jeffersonwere friends, “dear to students, teachers and staff”.

The two police officers intervened yesterday (1/2) early in the afternoon when they were notified that a “suspicious” man was present on campus. After exchanging a few words, the man “opened fire on the two police officers”, killing them, the police spokeswoman clarified. Virginia, Corinne Gellerduring a press conference, broadcasts APE BPE.

The perpetrator then fled before being arrested and his weapons confiscated, he continued.

The crime is alleged to have been committed by, Alexander Wyatt Campbella 27 – year – old state resident and former student at Bridgewater. In fact, while he was a student there, he had broken the school record at 5,000 meters. His motivation, according to the local media, remains unknown.

He has a gunshot wound, which the law enforcement forces do not know so far if he suffered from any of the police officers he killed or if it was a case of self-injury.

He was offered first aid at a hospital before being charged with four counts and remanded in custody without the possibility of being released on bail, she said. Mrs. Geller. The investigation will follow its path, he added.

THE KGovernor of Virginia, Glen Yangin, said in a statement that the “tragic loss” of the two men “broke his heart” with the mission of “protecting students and teachers”. He ordered the flags to fly at half-mast today in the public buildings of the state in their honor.

Classes at the University have been canceled for today, clarified the president of the educational institution.

The private university, which is about two and a half hours from the capital, Washingtonhas about 1,500 students and its security is guaranteed by a force of six police officers, according to its website.

Source: News Beast

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