GOLDSBORO, N.C. ― A gunman with a rifle entered a community college campus building Monday morning and killed a print shop operator who had just arrived at work, school officials and authorities said.
The two men knew each other but it’s not immediately clear what led to the shooting, according to authorities, who are searching for suspected gunman Kenneth Stancil, a former student. Authorities said they do not believe the shooting was random.
Police have swept the Wayne Community College campus and think Stancil has fled. They are using helicopters and dogs to search for him nearby.
Ron Lane was a long-time campus employee. He was shot to death about 8 a.m. on the third floor of the Wayne Learning Center, which houses the cafeteria and library, school spokeswoman Tara Humphries said.
“There has been one fatality, and there is one shooter,” said Kim Best, spokeswoman for the city of Goldsboro, where the school is located.
Wayne County sheriff’s Maj. Tom Effler said at a news conference that employees were able to identify Stancil since he had been a student. Authorities weren’t sure how he left campus, including whether he left in a vehicle, Effler said.
At one point, authorities thought they had cornered the shooter in a restroom and fired tear gas into it, only to find that it was not Stancil in the bathroom, Effler said.
