(CBS/AP) The suspect in a shooting that killed a Wesleyan University student may be targeting the university and the Jewish community, police said Thursday.
Officials said they launched a nationwide manhunt for 29-year-old Stephen Morgan.
Middletown Police Chief Lynn Baldoni said investigators uncovered a connection between him and the victim, Johanna Justin-Jinich, and said the shooting was not a random act.
"Evidence uncovered overnight suggests that Mr. Morgan may be focused on the Wesleyan University campus as well as the Jewish community," Baldoni said at a news conference. "Investigators have been in contact with Wesleyan University and leaders of the Jewish community, urging both to be extra vigilant."
She would not elaborate and did not take questions.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/07/national/main4998294.shtml?tag=topHome;topStoriesMIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Police on Thursday urged Wesleyan University and local Jewish leaders to be "extra vigilant" after concluding that a man suspected of fatally shooting a Wesleyan student at a bookstore may be targeting the school and Jews.
Officials said they had launched a nationwide manhunt for 29-year-old Stephen Morgan. Authorities believe that Morgan disguised himself with a wig and shot 21-year-old Johanna Justin-Jinich, a junior from Timnath, Colo., at her job at a cafe inside Broad Street Books, a popular bookstore.
Investigators uncovered a connection between Morgan and Justin-Jinich, and believe the shooting was not a random act, Middletown Police Chief Lynn Baldoni said.
Evidence also "suggests that Mr. Morgan may be focused on the Wesleyan University campus as well as the Jewish community," Baldoni said at a news conference Thursday. "Investigators have been in contact with Wesleyan University and leaders of the Jewish community, urging both to be extra vigilant."
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