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California Student Shoots Three in Video Game Row

Posted May 8, 07 4:44 PM CDT in US 

(Newser) – A California college student is under arrest after an argument over a video game console left one man dead and two others wounded. Jonquel Brooks opened fire late Monday night in a Fresno apartment building, after an argument over a Sony Playstation escalated. Brooks, on leave from Fresno State, turned himself in late this morning.

The victim, Brant Daniels, had planned to attend Fresno State. Police say the university was never in danger, although students received an pre-dawn email informing them of the shooting. Students who knew Brooks expressed shock. "I've known him since the start of school. I didn't think he was a killer," says one Fresno State sophomore.

Source Fresno Bee

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Drew Pfeiff, 22, a Fresno State junior from Raleigh, N.C., left, walks with a Fresno police officer after he was injured in a shooting incident in Fresno, Calif., Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Police and federal...   (Associated Press)
Fresno State student Evan Young, center, walks towards University Village to retrieve personal belongings as a SWAT team heads out after a shooting incident in Fresno, Calif., Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Police...   (Associated Press)
Drew Pfeiff, a Fresno State junior from Raleigh, N.C., center, speaks with a Fresno police officer after he was injured in a shooting incident in Fresno, Calif., Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Police and federal...   (Associated Press)
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