Police: Calif. College Student Shoots 3      *

May 8 11:34 AM US/Eastern
By GARANCE BURKE
Associated Press Writer    

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A college student opened fire in an apartment
complex next to a university campus, killing one person and wounding two
others, police said Tuesday.

Members of a police SWAT team were communicating by cell phone Tuesday
morning with the suspect, trying to get him to surrender, police
spokesman Jeff Cardinale said.

Cardinale identified the suspect as Jonquel Brooks, 19, of Hayward.

Police said the shooting followed an altercation at the apartment,
according to officials at California State University, Fresno. Residents
of the apartment complex, across a street from the university's Bulldog
Stadium, were evacuated to the campus cafeteria, said Fresno State
spokeswoman Shirley Armbruster.

The university remained open for classes.

"The Fresno police said there was no danger to the campus because they
had the suspect in the complex and we felt it was safe to have classes
today," Armbruster said.

The university sent a notice to students, faculty and staff Tuesday
morning and posted an alert for them on the school's Web site.

The owner of the apartment complex, American Campus Communities of
Austin, Texas, also sent an e-mail to residents early Tuesday telling
them about the shooting and warning them to be cautious, said company
spokeswoman Gina Cowart.

The two people wounded did not have life-threatening injuries,
authorities said.