Looks like they were gang-banging.
Del. State Students Describe Tension
Sep 22 06:12 PM US/Eastern
By RANDALL CHASE
Associated Press Writer
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Tension between rival groups of friends from New Jersey and Washington, D.C., preceded the late-night shooting at Delaware State University that wounded two people, students said Saturday.
While investigators worked to find the shooter who opened fire early Friday as several students left a campus dining hall, a classmate recalled how the violence had escalated from altercations during the week.
"They've been getting into it, New Jersey people and D.C. people," said James Dillion, 23, of Cleveland.
"Thursday night, they saw each other again and got into it," he said. "Everybody's still astonished about what happened."
Nathaniel Pugh, 17, was in stable condition Saturday with an ankle wound, while Shalita Middleton, also 17, was shot in the abdomen and remained in serious condition, university officials said.
University and city police questioned two students described as persons of interest but released them Saturday. Police were seeking another person of interest Saturday. They had not labeled any of them a suspect, and no arrests have been made.
"They did provide information to us that is very useful," campus police chief James Overton said. "It has led us to more witnesses that we are seeking now, and one other person of interest who we hope will be able to shed light on this situation."
Overton said police believe the gunman is a male Delaware State student who is no longer on campus. But he said police have not identified a suspect, and refused to clarify the apparent contradiction.
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Ali Muhammad, 18, a freshman from Washington, D.C., said that since the school year started he has heard of at least three fights involving cliques from New Jersey and the District of Columbia.
Earlier in the week, Muhammad said, a student from New Jersey cut the lip of a student from Washington with a key. "They said it was over a card game," he said.
He lives in the same dorm as Pugh but said he did not know him well. "I know he didn't have anything involved in the incident ... that led up to the shooting," Muhammad said.
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Muhammad suggested that the violence may continue.
"I think there's going to be something else that takes place," he said. "When someone gets shot, there's always somebody that wants some revenge."
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