2nd Duquesne Suspect Turns Himself In
A second man charged with a shooting that injured five Duquesne University basketball players turned himself in Wednesday, police said.
William Holmes, 18, of the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills, will be arraigned Wednesday on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy and weapons-related counts in Sunday's shooting after an on-campus dance at the private, Roman Catholic university.
Holmes is the third person arrested in connection with the shooting, which critically injured one player.
The other 18-year-old accused of shooting at the players, Brandon Baynes, was jailed Tuesday on similar charges. Holmes and Baynes are not Duquesne students.
Duquesne sophomore Brittany Jones, 19, was arrested Monday on charges of reckless endangerment, carrying a firearm without a license and criminal conspiracy.
According to a criminal complaint, Jones helped six men — several of whom she knew were carrying guns — to gain admission to the dance on Duquesne's campus. Students from several nearby schools, including the University of Pittsburgh, also attended, but those in Jones' group were not college students.
The shootings took place shortly after the dance ended when, according to AP interviews with two players, several of the non-students apparently became upset when Jones began flirting with one of the Dukes players.
On Wednesday, Duquesne announced that Jones had been suspended from school. She was arrested Monday on charges of reckless endangerment, carrying a firearm without a license and criminal conspiracy.
Jones, who transferred to Duquesne from hurricane-ravaged Xavier University of Louisiana last year, was suspended for multiple violations of the student code.
"The university community is stunned and deeply disappointed to learn that a student may have been involved in this incident that has brought such injury and heartache to our campus," Duquesne president Charles J. Dougherty said in a statement issued by the school.
Three players remained hospitalized following Sunday's shootings. Sam Ashaolu, the player most badly injured during the early Sunday morning shootings, was taking what coach Ron Everhart called the first "baby steps" of his hoped-for recovery.