Authorities are still looking for a suspect who robbed and shot an 18-year-old student at Tennessee State University student in the leg early Sunday morning inside Watson Residence Hall.
The student, a freshman from Memphis, was inside the campus residence hall when, at 4:30 a.m., he was forced into his dorm room by a man who tried to rob him, said TSU spokesman Rick DelaHaya.
When the student refused to give him anything, the man shot him in the leg and left with his laptop computer and video game system, DelaHaya said.
The student was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he was listed Sunday in stable condition, DelaHaya said. It’s not believed the student had life-threatening injuries.
TSU police and Metro officers are investigating. DelaHaya did not know whether the student knew his attacker or whether the suspect is also a TSU student.
TSU is asking anyone with information about the shooting to call TSU police at 615-963-5171.
Courtesy of The Tenneessean
