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2019 UNCC shooting
UcityAn aerial view of the UNCC campus
LocationUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates35°18′21.5″N 80°43′51.4″W / 35.305972°N 80.730944°W / 35.305972; -80.730944
DateApril 30, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-30)
5:40 p.m (EDT)
Attack typeSchool shooting
WeaponsPistol
Deaths2
Injured4
AccusedTrystan Andrew Terrell

The 2019 UNCC shooting was a shooting that occurred at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on April 30, 2019. The shooting, which occurred on the last day of classes for the spring semester, sent six people to the hospital, two of whom were dead upon arrival, and leaving three others in critical condition. The shooting occurred inside a classroom in the Woodford A. Kennedy Building while students were giving a final presentation. One suspect, Trystan Andrew Terrell, was taken into police custody.

Events

The shooting occurred during the last day of classes for the spring semester, at around 5:40 p.m. local time, according to university officials. Around that time, the suspected gunman entered a classroom in the Woodford A. Kennedy Building, where students enrolled in "Science, Technology, & Society," a liberal studies course on the anthropology and philosophy of science, were delivering their final group presentations. The classroom, a large, rectangular room with a level floor, was designed to accommodate approximately 100 students, and had both a front and a rear entrance, according to survivor Rami Al-Ramadhan, who had been seated towards the front of the room. The course instructor was Adam Johnson, a professor in the university's anthropology department. Johnson, who had himself done his graduate school work in anthropology from UNC Charlotte, had been teaching at the university since 2017. He had recently accepted a teaching position in Arizona and was in his final semester of teaching at the university.

The first presentation had begun at around 5:33 p.m. local time, with each group presenting a video on their chosen topic. According to Johnson, who had been seated at a table taking notes, the suspected gunman then "burst into" the classroom from the left of the room and opened fire with a pistol. According to Al-Ramadhan, the suspected gunman opened the front door and smiled before firing his weapon at random, showing no other reaction. As the classroom emptied in panic, Johnson quickly moved towards the other door and held it open to allow his students to exit. Pausing to help a student who had fallen, he led some of his students to an anthropology department office in Barnard Hall, located to the east of the Kennedy Building. They barricaded themselves inside the office, after which the anthropology department chair called 911. Other students who escaped took shelter in Prospector Hall, to the north of Kennedy, while others sheltered in their vehicles or in their residences. As the suspected gunman continued firing, student Riley Howell tackled him while yelling "go, go, go!" to his classmates, according to Al-Ramadhan. While Howell was shot and killed as a result, his actions gave other students time to escape the room without injury. After the suspected gunman had emptied his gun, he "laid the gun down, and sat on the ground," according to Johnson. The suspected gunman then responded to a victim who had asked him to stop shooting, stating "I'm done."

At 5:50 p.m., UNC Charlotte's Office of Emergency Management alerted students via Niner Alerts on Twitter of the shooting, saying "Shots reported near Kennedy. Run, Hide, Fight. Secure yourself immediately."

Suspect

The suspect reportedly involved in the shooting, Trystan Andrew Terrell, is reportedly a 22-year-old former history undergraduate who withdrew from UNC Charlotte earlier in 2019. After being taken into custody, he told reporters he "just went into a classroom and shot the guys". He has been charged with two counts of murder, four counts of attempted first-degree murder, four counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, one count of having a gun on education property, and one count of discharging a firearm on education property. The police searched his apartment at the Novel NoDa apartment complex in the 400 block of E. 36th Street in NoDa around 8:00 p.m. on April 30.

The suspect's grandfather, Paul Rold of Arlington, Texas, told an Associated Press reporter that Terrell and his father had moved to Charlotte in 2014 from the Dallas, Texas, area after the death of Terrell's mother. From the fall of 2015 through the spring of 2018, he was enrolled at Central Piedmont Community College and was studying for an associate's degree in science. He had enrolled in three courses at UNC Charlotte for the 2019 spring semester, including Johnson's, and had attended classes in the room where he allegedly committed the shooting. According to Johnson, between enrolling in and withdrawing from his course in January, Terrell had "engaged with the course material" and had "asked questions about the lessons, answered questions that I pose to the class. It was completely typical." Johnson said that he had subsequently met Terrell on campus and had "conveyed that it was a shame that had to leave the course", but that he understood the importance of students needing to prioritize. According to Johnson, that had been his last encounter with Terrell prior to the shooting.

Terrell had also taught himself French and Portuguese with the aid of a language learning program his grandfather had bought him. According to Rold, his grandson had never shown any interest in firearms or other weapons, and that Terrell's actions were those of "someone foreign to me. This is not in his DNA."

Terrell's first court appearance was scheduled for May 2, 2019.

Victims

List of casualties
Killed:

Wounded:

According to the UNC Charlotte police chief two victims were killed, three were in critical condition, and one sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The two victims who were killed were reportedly white males. The president of the Lambda Delta chapter of Alpha Tau Omega announced via the fraternity's Twitter that one of their members, Drew Pescaro, was injured during the shooting and was under medical supervision at Carolinas Medical Center. One victim was reportedly transported by a UNCC police sergeant to Atrium Health University City and was later transported by a medic to Carolinas Medical Center.

On May 1, 2019, the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Phillip Dubois, informed media the victims in critical condition had undergone surgery. The same day, the university released the names of the victims, all of whom were current students. The two students who were killed were 19-year-old Ellis Parlier and 21-year-old Riley Howell. The others injured, besides 19-year-old Pescaro, were 20-year-old Sean DeHart, 20-year-old Rami Al-Ramadhan, and 23-year old Emily Houpt. All of the students were North Carolinians except for Al-Ramadhan, who is an international student from Saudi Arabia. Later that day, DeHart was discharged from hospital, while Pescaro, Houpt and Al-Ramadhan remained hospitalized, with Pescaro reported to be in stable condition following surgery. Al-Ramadhan, who had been hit by two bullets, one grazing an arm and another hitting his stomach, was discharged from hospital on May 2.

Parlier was from Midland and was a graduate of Central Academy of Technology and Arts. Howell was from Waynesville and was a graduate of T. C. Roberson High School, where he had run cross country and played on the soccer team. Howell was an environmental studies major at UNC Charlotte. Per his family, he dreamt of becoming a firefighter and put off military school for college. Al-Ramadhan is an international student from Saihat who is studying engineering. Al-Ramadhan's family in Saudi Arabia was notified of the shooting. DeHart is originally from Shelton, Connecticut but had lived in Apex and is a graduate of Cardinal Gibbons Catholic High School in Raleigh. Pescaro, from Apex, is a graduate of Middle Creek High School in Cary and is studying communications at UNC Charlotte. He is a sportswriter for the student newspaper, a video assistant for the football team, and co-host of the UNCC sports talk show Fans with Attitude. Houpt, a native of Charlotte, is a global studies major at UNC Charlotte and a former intern at The Worlds Affairs Council of Charlotte.

Aftermath

The university was placed on lockdown. The UNC Charlotte and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Departments established a family reunification center at the Harris Teeter in University City.

A Waka Flocka Flame concert was scheduled to take place at the Jerry Richardson Stadium on the campus later in the evening, but was canceled after the shooting occurred.

On May 1, approximately 7,500 people attended an on-campus vigil.

Response

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper ordered that all North Carolina flags at state buildings and facilities be lowered to half-staff through sunset on May 3, 2019 in honor of the victims.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles stated on Twitter, "My thoughts are with the families of those who lost their lives, those injured, the entire UNCC community and the courageous first responders who sprang into action to help others."

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte announced that prayer services honoring the victims would be held at St. Thomas Aquinas Church and St. Gabriel Church. St. Thomas Aquinas Church donated 1,700 candles for the campus vigil.

See also

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