The Kent State University freshman who prompted a campus lockdown when
he shot himself in the hand during a domestic dispute remained jailed
Thursday on a concealed weapon charge, campus police said.
The man fired only once Wednesday night during some sort of dispute with
two female students, Police Chief John Peach said. No one else was
hurt.
The suspect, 24-year-old Quavaugntay Tyler of Cleveland, told police he
had a gun because he'd previously been an armed robbery victim, Peach
said. Tyler was taken into custody at a hospital where he sought
treatment for his wounded hand.
Peach said the exact reason Tyler fired the weapon was not immediately
clear. Tyler then fled to a residence hall to ask a friend for help in
hiding the weapon before he went to the hospital, Peach said. The weapon
was found and the friend has not been charged, according to the chief.
Tyler has been the subject of a campus theft investigation and was on
probation from a separate theft case in a different jurisdiction, Peach
said. He described Tyler as being cooperative with investigators.
It took about two hours for authorities to give the all-clear Wednesday
night after the university advised people to stay put while
investigators searched for the suspect.
The school said Tyler is a student in criminology and justice studies.
His case could be evaluated for possible action under the school's
student conduct rules separate from any criminal matter, said the dean
of students, Dr. Shay Little.
Kent State is a public research university in Kent, a city of about
30,000 residents less than an hour's drive southeast of Cleveland. The
university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region, the Kent
campus being the largest.
It is known for another shooting that occurred decades ago. On May 4,
1970, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on Kent State students
protesting the war in Vietnam. Four students died and nine were injured
in the shootings, which contributed to the change in the public's
attitude toward the war.
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