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Student Kills 2, Self at La. College

BATON ROUGE La.

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

The women apparently were shot in their seats in the second-floor classroom at Louisiana Technical College, Baton Rouge Sgt. 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, both of Baton Rouge. The shooter was Latina Williams, whose address was unknown, 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.

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