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UNC Mourns Student Leader

Posted Mar 7, 08 9:06 AM CST in Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – The campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill remains shaken "to the core" by the shooting death of its popular student body president, the News & Observer reports. Thousands attended a vigil yesterday, and the governor issued a letter of condolence. Police called the shooting of Eve Carson, 22, in a nearby suburb a "fairly random crime."

"We've lost someone who we cherish and love. We're all in a state of shock," said the UNC chancellor. The shooting generated national attention because it followed a similar death of a female student at Auburn, but authorities say the two crimes are not linked, CNN reports. "She embodies the word beautiful in every shape of the definition, in spirit and mind and heart," said one student of Carson.

Sources News & Observer (Raleigh), CNN

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This undated photo of Eve Carson, student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was released by the university Thursday, March 6, 2008. Police Thursday identified a young...   (Associated Press)
Students gather on campus during a candle-light vigil for University of North Carolina student body president Eve Carson in Chapel Hill, N.C., Thursday, March 6, 2008. Carson was found dead from gunshot...   (Associated Press)
Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran answers questions about the death of University of North Carolina student body president Eve Carson in Chapel Hill, N.C., Thursday, March 6, 2008. Carson was found...   (Associated Press)
A student writes a note on a wall during a memorial for University of North Carolina student body president Eve Carson in Chapel Hill, N.C., Thursday, March 6, 2008. Carson was found dead Wednesday morning...   (Associated Press)
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