HOUSTON — Two persons are lifeless in an obvious murder-suicide at Rice College in Houston.
College police say a feminine scholar was discovered shot lifeless Monday in her dorm room and a person, who was not a scholar was additionally discovered lifeless with what seemed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
College President Reginald DesRoches recognized the scholar as Andrea Rodriguez Avila.
“This can be a speech that no president ever desires to make,” mentioned DesRoches. “As president of Rice College I am heartbroken to share the loss of certainly one of our college students, Andrea Rodriguez Avila. Rice College Police responded to a welfare test this afternoon at round 4:30 p.m. and discovered Andrea deceased in her room together with an unidentified male with a self-inflicted gunshot wound who was not a member of the Rice neighborhood.”
Clemente Rodriguez, the Rice College Police Chief, mentioned a member of the family had not heard from Avila and requested the police to test on her and ensure she was okay.
Rodriguez mentioned officers checked to see if Avila had been at school and located that she had not gone to class. It was round 4:30 p.m. when officers went to test her dorm room and see if she wanted something.
“So we made entry to the room and that is after we found her,” mentioned Rodriguez.
Police say there was no signal of compelled entry to the dorm room and Rodriguez mentioned the person present in Avila’s room was not a registered customer.
College students and employees had been locked down for roughly two hours earlier than a shelter-in-place order was lifted round 7 p.m.
“As a mother or father of a previous Rice scholar, I can solely think about how devastating this have to be,” DesRoches mentioned. “We’re speaking with Andrea’s mother and father and are flying them out early tomorrow morning. We ask the neighborhood to maintain us in your prayers as we consolation one another this night.”
Monday was the primary day of sophistication. All remaining lessons and actions had been canceled for the day.
Authorities haven’t recognized the person.