FRESNO - Some students at a Fresno university said they were surprised their campus remained open while police searched for a 19-year-old student suspected of killing another teenager in a deadly dispute over a Sony PlayStation video game system. "I know it's different from Virginia Tech because this didn't happen on campus, but it's still involving students," said Ashley Alvidrez, 18. "It's still a shooting.
It's still scary." While students at Cal State Fresno slept during the last week of classes, a SWAT team was positioned outside of an apartment complex across the street from campus. Police suspected Hayward freshman Jonquel Brooks had fatally shot one person and wounded two others Monday night.
They discovered Tuesday morning he had fled. "I cannot believe that after they found out he was on the loose, they still let us go to class," said freshman Alfonso Moreno. "I come from off-campus so I didn't know anything until I saw police here.
" "I was shocked when I heard what had happened but was more shocked that campus was open," he said. Police insisted that the campus was never in danger because they were communicating with Brooks. "It does come on the heels of the
It didn't occur on campus and it wasn't premeditated," said Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer. Brooks was eventually arrested after a 12-hour manhunt and intense negotiations with police, his parents and an attorney, Dyer said.
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