Seton Hall University Campus under Lockdown after Shooting

By Dan Keane
12:12, February 12th 2008
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Seton Hall University Campus under Lockdown after Shooting

The Seton Hall University campus in South Orange, N.J., was lockdown for a while Monday night after a man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound was found sitting in a vehicle, officials said.

According to Paul Loriquet, spokesperson for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, the man was identified as Anthony Papalia, 22, of Aberdeen, the New York Times Reported.

The man was not a Seton Hall student, but apparently, he was trying to visit a female student who was enrolled at the university, school spokesperson, Thomas White said, according to the Times.

Preliminary reports show that Papalia was inside a vehicle near the Xavier Hall dormitory when he shot himself in the stomach around 8:30 p.m. He was immediately rushed to University Hospital in Newark, where he was listed in fair condition late Monday night, hospital representative Rogers Ramsey said.

Following the incident, university officials placed the campus under lockdown for nearly two hours and sent e-mail and text messages warning students to stay in their rooms while police investigated. Also, university officials blocked all entrances to the campus.

It was not immediately known what the motif of the shooting was, although Loriquet said there might have been a dispute between the parties.

 

 



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