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Police: Gunman, Co-Worker Dead in Ohio University Shooting

   VOA News 09 March 2010

   Police  at  one of the largest universities in the United States say a
   maintenance  worker  opened  fire  at  a  campus maintenance building,
   killing  one  person  and  injuring  another  before  fatally shooting
   himself.

   The  police at Ohio State University in the central U.S. state of Ohio
   say 51-year-old Nathaniel Brown entered the building early Tuesday and
   began  firing.  Authorities  say about six workers were in the room at
   the time of the shooting.

   University  Police  Chief  Paul  Denton  says the building manager was
   pronounced  dead  at  the scene. Officials say the gunman was taken to
   the  hospital,  where  he  died from his injuries. A third maintenance
   worker is in stable condition.

   Denton  says  Brown  had  been hired last year and recently got a poor
   performance evaluation.

   The  university  said  in  a statement that students were never in any
   danger and that classes are being held as normal.

   Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee said in a statement that
   everyone  at  the  school was shocked and saddened by the shooting. He
   said  the  safety of students and staff remains a top priority for the
   university.

   The  shooting  took  place  near  Ohio  Stadium, which seats more than
   100,000 people.


   Some information for this report was provided by AP.

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