Woman Kills 2 Students, Self at Louisiana College
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BATON ROUGE, La. — A young woman killed two female students in a college classroom at a vocational college today, then killed herself, police said.
The students apparently were shot in their seats in the second-floor classroom at Louisiana Technical College, Sergeant Don Kelly said.
Officers ran into the building within four minutes of the first 911 call, which came at 8:36 a.m., he said.
“There was mass pandemonium, people running,” Sergeant Kelly said. “One officer — the first into the classroom — told me he could still smell gunpowder.”
The students’ names and ages were not immediately released, and it was not clear whether the shooter also was a student.
The school offers classes in a dozen subjects including early childhood education, practical nursing, drafting, and welding.
