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Two Bodies Found in Rice University Dorm Room in Possible Murder-Suicide
Last edited Tue Aug 27, 2024, 08:34 AM - Edit history (1)
Two Bodies Found in Rice University Dorm Room in Possible Murder-Suicide
A female student was fatally shot. A man who was not a student had a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the university president said.
Police officers at Jones College at Rice University on Monday.Credit...Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle, via Associated Press
By Yan Zhuang
Published Aug. 26, 2024
Updated Aug. 27, 2024, 12:52 a.m. ET
Two people were found shot dead in a dorm room at Rice University in Houston, the university president said on Monday, in what appeared to be a murder-suicide. ... One was a female student who had lived in the dorm room in the Jones College residential hall, Reginald DesRoches, the university president, said at a news conference. The other was a man who was not a university student and who had a self-inflicted gunshot wound, he said.
The university identified the student as Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a junior. ... She appeared to have been in a romantic relationship with the man, Clemente Rodriguez, the university police chief, said.
The two were discovered on Monday afternoon during a welfare check by the Rice University police, after a family member reported not being able to get in contact with Ms. Rodriguez Avila, Mr. Rodriguez said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. It appeared that Ms. Rodriguez Avila let the man into the residential building, he added.
The deaths occurred on the first day of classes. The university issued a shelter-in-place alert at about 5:40 p.m. urging all students to stay in their rooms as the police investigated.
A female student was fatally shot. A man who was not a student had a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the university president said.
Police officers at Jones College at Rice University on Monday.Credit...Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle, via Associated Press
By Yan Zhuang
Published Aug. 26, 2024
Updated Aug. 27, 2024, 12:52 a.m. ET
Two people were found shot dead in a dorm room at Rice University in Houston, the university president said on Monday, in what appeared to be a murder-suicide. ... One was a female student who had lived in the dorm room in the Jones College residential hall, Reginald DesRoches, the university president, said at a news conference. The other was a man who was not a university student and who had a self-inflicted gunshot wound, he said.
The university identified the student as Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a junior. ... She appeared to have been in a romantic relationship with the man, Clemente Rodriguez, the university police chief, said.
The two were discovered on Monday afternoon during a welfare check by the Rice University police, after a family member reported not being able to get in contact with Ms. Rodriguez Avila, Mr. Rodriguez said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. It appeared that Ms. Rodriguez Avila let the man into the residential building, he added.
The deaths occurred on the first day of classes. The university issued a shelter-in-place alert at about 5:40 p.m. urging all students to stay in their rooms as the police investigated.
murder suicide
Rice classes canceled again Tuesday after student's on-campus death in apparent murder-suicide
By Courtney Carpenter KTRK
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 8:50AM
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- It was a devastating start to the fall semester for Rice University. Police said a student was shot and killed in her dorm room by a man who then took his own life.
Classes are canceled again at Rice University on Tuesday. Monday was the first day of the fall semester before all classes and activities were canceled for the remainder of the day.
The university identified the student who was killed as Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a junior from Maryland.
University police said one of her relatives asked for a welfare check after not being able to get in touch with her. Police realized she didn't make it to class on Monday and then made the terrible discovery in her dorm room at Jones College.
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Rice classes canceled again Tuesday after student's on-campus death in apparent murder-suicide
By Courtney Carpenter KTRK
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 8:50AM
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- It was a devastating start to the fall semester for Rice University. Police said a student was shot and killed in her dorm room by a man who then took his own life.
Classes are canceled again at Rice University on Tuesday. Monday was the first day of the fall semester before all classes and activities were canceled for the remainder of the day.
The university identified the student who was killed as Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a junior from Maryland.
University police said one of her relatives asked for a welfare check after not being able to get in touch with her. Police realized she didn't make it to class on Monday and then made the terrible discovery in her dorm room at Jones College.
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