TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A University of Arizona student was fatally shot at an off-campus party over the weekend, authorities said.
Officers found Erin Jones, 20, shot to death outside the home around 1:40 a.m. Sunday, police said. She was taken to hospital, where she died.
Three other people – a teenage girl, a man and a woman – were treated at a hospital Sunday morning for injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, Tucson police said in a news release.
University President Robert Robbins said Jones was a sophomore in Newport Beach, California.
“Our deepest condolences go out to Erin’s family in California and across the country, to her friends and classmates in Tucson and Newport Beach, who are absorbing the heartbreaking news today,” Robbins said in a statement. communicated on Sunday.
Homicide unit investigators are trying to determine what led to the shooting; several possible witnesses left the scene before officers arrived, authorities said.
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