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Rice University students, faculty and staff were locked down for nearly two hours on the first day of classes while police investigated the shooting deaths of two people, including a student who was found dead in her dorm room, a university spokesman said.
A student was found shot to death in her room at Houston School of Management’s Jones College, a dorm on the eastern edge of campus, spokesman Chris Stipes told CNN. There were no signs of forced entry into the room, he noted.
A man was also found dead, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, he added. Investigators do not believe the man was a student, Stipes said.
It is unclear whether the man was found in the dorm room or whether the victims knew each other. The university said police are investigating a possible homicide.
All remaining classes and campus activities were canceled shortly after the curfew was ordered at 5:40 p.m. CT, according to posts on the university’s social media accounts.
The University announced at 19:18 that the curfew had been lifted.
Houston police are conducting the investigation with assistance from Houston police, Houston police said.
Jones College is one of eleven residence halls that Rice students live in. Each year, new students are randomly assigned to a residence hall where they will remain for the remainder of their studies.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
