Suspect in community college shooting death caught

A 20-year-old man wanted in connection with the Monday morning shooting death of a longtime employee at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina was taken into custody early Tuesday in Florida, Goldsboro police told CBS Raleigh affiliate WRAL-TV.

Investigators said Kenneth Morgan Stancil III carried a long gun into the Wayne Learning Center shortly before 8 a.m., went to the third-floor print shot and fired a single shot, killing shop director Ron Lane.

Stancil was arrested at about 1:20 a.m. Tuesday in Daytona Beach after deputies from the Volusia County Beach Patrol approached him for violating an ordinance that prohibits sleeping on the beach. Stancil was carrying a knife at the time of his arrest, but he was taken into custody without incident, Goldsboro police said.

Stancil was being held without bond in the Volusia County Jail early Tuesday. Authorities in Wayne County were working to have him extradited back to North Carolina.

College officials said Stancil was a previous work-study student who reported to Lane. They did not say when Stancil was a student at the school or how long he attended.

Wayne County Sheriff Larry Pierce said the shooting was not random, but he did not release a possible motive. College officials also said they did not know of a connection between Lane and Stancil beyond their relationship as student and employee.

Classes were canceled for the rest of the day after the shooting and were scheduled to resume Tuesday morning. There was to be extra security on campus to make sure students feel safe and counseling available to those who need it, college spokeswoman Tara Humphries said.

Administrators have set aside an area at the center of campus for a memorial for Lane.

After the shooting, officers flooded the campus and locked down buildings as they conducted a room-by-room search. Officers cleared all the buildings at the school, including one that was cleared by tear gas when they mistakenly thought they had the gunman isolated.

Nearby Tommy's Road Elementary School was also on lockdown, while students of Wayne Early Middle College, located on the college campus, were advised not to go to classes. The private Wayne County Day School - with about 300 students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade - also was on lockdown, said Melissa Watkins, a volunteer parent receptionist at the school.