Stray Bullet Kills Spelman Student Walking Atlanta Campus

ATLANTA

One of the nation’s largest historically Black academic centers mourned the death Thursday of a 19-year old student hit by a stray bullet as she walked on campus with friends just after midnight.

Police said Jasmine Lynn of Kansas City, Mo., was struck in the chest when at least six shots were fired during a fight at Clark Atlanta University, one of four adjoining campuses that together make up the Atlanta University Center. Lynn was a student at one of the schools, Spelman College.

Jerome Jones, a Clark Atlanta student who was with Lynn, was hit by a bullet on the wrist and was treated at a hospital and released, police said.

“One of the friends actually heard the gunshots, actually saw the weapon and told her to get on the ground,” Atlanta Police Lt. Keith Meadows said. “As she was getting on the ground, she got shot in the chest.”

Meadows said Lynn was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where she died.