Student fatally shot in apparent murder-suicide at Rice University
A college student was found fatally shot in her dorm room in Houston on Monday afternoon, and the suspect in the shooting, whom she was dating, was found dead nearby, officials said.
A college student was found fatally shot in her dorm room in Houston on Monday afternoon, and the suspect in the shooting, whom she was dating, was found dead nearby, officials said.
Rice University identified the woman as Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a junior from Maryland. Campus Police Chief Clemente Rodriguez said members of her family were concerned about lack of contact and requested that officers check up on her.
Once university police discovered she missed at least one class Monday, officers moved in shortly before 4 p.m. for a welfare check, Rodriguez said at a news conference Monday evening.
That's when they found her body in her room at the Jones College on-campus residence hall, alongside the suspect's body and a note he is believed to have written, Rodriguez said. The note suggested to investigators that the two were "having a troubled relationship," he said.
"They were dating," he said.
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