Two students dead in UCA shooting
ASU students disturbed by tragedy, send condolences to families
Wendy Miller
Issue date: 10/30/08 Section: News
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The University of Central Arkansas, a mere two and a half hours away from ASU, lost the lives of Chavares Block, 19, of Dermott and Ryan Henderson, 18, of Little Rock after a shooting on campus. Martrevis Norman of Blytheville was treated at Conway Regional Medical Center and later released.
Kwmane Gorins, 19, an ASU sophomore theatre arts major of Dermott, graduated in the same class as Block.
"I grew up with Chavares, and to know someone since the 3rd grade, and to see him mature, evolve and excel with everything that he put his hands on and to see him go off to college and do things only for the betterment of himself and then for someone to come along with such animosity to actually take the life of a random person that they have no ties to is more than disturbing," Gorins said. "My condolences go out to the Block and the Henderson families."
Other students were also upset about the incident.
Lauren Carpenter, a junior communication disorders major of Jonesboro, attended UCA before transferring to ASU and said she is shocked about the shooting.
"I always felt safe on that campus," Carpenter said. "I went everywhere alone, and I always saw police patrolling. I never felt unsafe at all, and it seemed like the campus was pretty well protected."
For students at ASU, programs and help are available for those afraid of a similar event happening at the ASU campus.
Any student feeling afraid or stressed about these events can contact the ASU counseling center at 972-2318 for treatment and guidance.
UPD offers an active shooter presentation as an awareness mechanism for faculty and students. The one hour and 15 minute course is aimed at first-year students and helps to create a survival mindset in a shooting event, according to a UPD press release.
ASU has also experienced past shootings, with one taking place Sept. 13. ASU student and employee Patrick G. Rice, 21, of Little Rock faces charges of second-degree battery and possession of a firearm on school property in the campus shooting that sent one student to St. Bernards Medical Center for a gunshot wound in his arm.
Those registered with the campus Emergency Alert System were notified of the shooting by text message early Sept. 13 and later received a second text message announcing the arrest.
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