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Louisiana college student kills two colleagues, herself

A 23-year-old woman killed two fellow students with a .357 revolver in a classroom at a vocational college, then committed suicide, police said.

The women apparently were shot in their seats in the second-floor classroom at Louisiana Technical College (LTC) on Friday, Baton Rouge Sergeant Don Kelly said. About 20 people were in the emergency medical technology class at the time, he said.

"Why those two women were targeted ... is still an unanswered question," Kelly said.

The victims were identified as Karsheika Graves, 21, and Taneshia Butler, 26. The shooter was Latina Williams, Kelly said.

Williams entered the room briefly, spoke with the instructor and left, he said. She returned through another door and fired six rounds, Kelly said, reloaded and shot herself in the head.

Kelly said that officers ran into the building within four minutes of the first emergency call, which came at 8:36am.

"There was mass pandemonium, people running," he said. "One officer -- the first into the classroom -- told me he could still smell gunpowder."

The school -- one of two LTC campuses in Baton Rouge and dozens around the state -- offers classes in a dozen subjects including early childhood education, practical nursing, drafting and welding.

School administrators and campus police did not immediately return calls or e-mails.

Louis Davis, who said he was taking an automobile technology class, said a teacher told the students to stay in class because there had been an incident, without adding details. Students had to stay in their classrooms for about two hours and were briefly questioned by police before being released for the day, he said.
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