TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — University of Arizona Police are still looking for the man suspected of killing a young man on the U of A campus Sunday night. U of A students–and their parents are looking for more information on the case, and for more security on campus.
Late Tuesday University Police identified the shooting suspect as 20 year old Ryan Romero-Encinas. Police say he has eluded arrest so far. The FBI and U.S. Marshal Service are assisting in efforts to find and arrest Romero-Encinas. Police describe him as 6 feet tall and 175 pounds. He has the name "Nicole' tattooed on his right forearm.
As more time passes since the murder of a young man on the University of Arizona campus, students are processing the event in their minds and they’re also asking for more from the University
As they added their thoughts to the memorial for 19 year old Minhaj Jamshidi, Mia Hizer and Sophia Swany were also thinking about how they and other students watched a homicide and its aftermath..
Hizer says, “We live in Coronado (dorm) and we heard and saw things from our window. No matter what he went through it was not fair for him and I just feel so bad.
Sophia Swany says, “ It was traumatic for everybody. Hearing about that so close to our campus.”
Many students complained they had already seen the shooting, and the police response by the time warnings arrived from U of A’s UAlert text system.
Tatum Neppl says, “We saw everything, like him getting CPR, and then we saw him, getting the body bag put on him. And then we heard the family. So it was actually really, like, I don't want to say traumatizing, but it was very, scary to see that.”
To ask about UAlert and for fresh case information we went to UA Police headquarters, the office of the Dean of Students, and to the office of University President Doctor Robert Robbins.
No one would talk on camera.
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