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Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Cho-esque madness continues......

PlayStation row sparks US college shooting
Police say one person was killed and two others wounded when a California college student opened fire following a row over a PlayStation 2 video game.

They say the shooting took place late on Monday night (local time) near the campus of California State University in Fresno, north-east of Los Angeles.

The alleged gunman, identified as 19-year-old criminology student Jonquel Brooks, was arrested later on Tuesday after police surrounded a campus apartment complex on the suspicion he was inside.

Fresno police chief Jerry Dyer says Brooks is in custody and will be charged with murder and assault with a deadly weapon.

Police say the dead person was a 19-year-old former student at the college

The two other victims, aged 19 and 22, were released from hospital after treatment for gunshot wounds.

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