{"id":10209,"date":"2019-11-01T22:38:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T22:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=10209"},"modified":"2019-11-01T22:38:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T22:38:38","slug":"texas-am-commerce-joins-growing-list-of-mass-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2019\/11\/01\/texas-am-commerce-joins-growing-list-of-mass-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&M Commerce joins growing list of mass shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kayla Sims<\/strong><\/p>\n

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An off-campus homecoming party ends in gunfire on Oct. 26 for\u00a0Texas A&M University-Commerce students.<\/p>\n

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The shooting happened around midnight outside of Greenville, Texas and took place at a Halloween and homecoming party for Texas A&M Commerce at a events venue called The Party Venue.<\/p>\n

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According to reports, authorities believe the shooter entered the venue through the back door and began firing with a handgun which caused chaos as students ran for their lives.<\/p>\n

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Two people were killed and 14 people were injured, many while trying to escape.<\/p>\n

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The morning after the incident, Texas A&M students expressed their hurt and concern through various social media postings.<\/p>\n

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One user by the name of\u00a0\u00a0Lakayla explained the graphic details of the incident.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI literally watched my boyfriend get shot, one minute we were laughing and dancing together and the next he was on the floor holding his arm,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n

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Students at Jackson State University spoke about the shooting.<\/p>\n

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Regan Hill, a senior marketing major from Dallas, Texas has a brother who attends Texas A& M.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy brother goes to Texas A&M and I had to find out there was shooting through social media while I am hundreds of miles away. I have never felt so scared because there was footage of kids lying on the floor, dying and I thought maybe one of them is my brother,\u201d said Hill.<\/p>\n

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A video of the students injured and bloodied bodies went viral as it gave an authentic look of what happened the night of the shooting.<\/p>\n

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Georgia Griffin, a mother of two college-aged kids, expressed her concern for not only her children\u2019s safety but the safety of other students.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is so sad that those children lost their lives, I have two children and I fear for them because they are hours away and if something happens, I won\u2019t be able to get to them. There should have been no reason those kids lost their lives, especially if there was security at the venue,\u201d an emotional Griffin stated.<\/p>\n

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The two victims that were killed are 23 year old Bryon Craven, Jr. and Kevin Berry.<\/p>\n

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Craven was celebrating his birthday night when he was shot and killed at the homecoming party, and Berry is a father of two with one child on the way.<\/p>\n

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Police have arrested and charged Brandon Ray Gonzlas with two counts of capital murder.<\/p>\n

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Gonzalas was arrested on Oct. 28 morning while showing up for his shift at work and has a bond set at 1 million dollars.<\/p>\n

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Authorities have not yet discovered a motive for the incident.<\/p>\n

Factual information for this story was taken from CNN reports.<\/p>\n

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Kayla Sims Staff Writer   An off-campus homecoming party ends in gunfire on Oct. 26 for\u00a0Texas A&M University-Commerce students.   The shooting happened around midnight outside of Greenville, Texas and took place at a Halloween and homecoming party for Texas A&M Commerce at a events venue called The Party Venue.   According to reports, authorities […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}