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March 18, 2021 | Vol. 95, No. 20
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Gage Johnson/The News Local law enforcement arrived to the 1500 block of Chestnut Street on March 16 after reports of shots fired.
Apparent murder-suicide nearby rattles campus Gage Johnson Editor-in-Chief gjohnson17@murraystate.edu At first glance, it appears the house in the 1500 block of Chestnut Street that was the scene of an early morning apparent murder-suicide on Tuesday, March 16, is part of the Murray State campus. Howe ver, t h e si n g l e -fa mil y home, even though just feet away from Elizabeth Residential College, is a privately-owned residence. Police officers responded to a shots fired call at the home just af ter 7:30 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found three people with gunshot wounds.
Police said 31-year-old Anthony Amoroso shot his gir lfriend, 46-year-old Katherine Bryan and a child before turning the gun on himself. The Calloway County Coroner pronounced Amoroso dead on the scene. Bryan and the child were both taken to Murray-Calloway County Hospital and later airlifted to a hospital outside of the region. Bryan later died as a result of her injuries, according to a press release from the Murray Police Department. No additional information on the child’s condition was released. W hile officers were securing the scene, many students were already heading to class when
the Racer Alert was sent out to all facult y, staff and students. The alert stated an incident had been repor ted near c am pus and those in the residential colleges should shelter in place. Ever yone was also asked to avoid the walking bridge and general area in the midd le of campus near Chestnut S treet. Prior to the Racer Alert, Sarah L evanti, a sophomore majoring in pre-physical therapy, was heading to her desk job at Hester Residential College when she noticed something strange outside her dorm. “I couldn’t see very well, but I saw someone running and then I was like ‘well I have to go to
work, ’” L e vanti said. “ That was at 7:40. They didn’t send out the shelter in place mandate until 7:47. So I left Elizabeth and there were two pol i c e o f fi c e r s , on e w h o w a s i n b e t w e e n L i z z o a n d C l a r k by a cop car and one was running across the bridge and all I could hear was ‘get bac k in your dorms, clear the area.’ They just kept repeating that to all the students, because there were people tr ying to go to c lass. I got to Hester and I was at the desk when they final l y sent out that mandate. ”
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Wellness Center takes small step toward normalcy of the vaccine, combined with the careful nature of the state and university administrations, has convinced him and his staff that campus wellThe Murray State Wellness Cen- ness and intramurals can continue ter recently updated its availability in to take a small step back to normal. light of Kentucky’s new 60 percent ca- This opportunity spurred Rawe and pacity limit for indoor public spaces. his staff to open a new three-onMaximum capacity for students to three basketball league on March 29, workout in the free weights area in- along with wiffle ball and kickball. “The vaccine coming out has creased from 12 to 20. Director of Campus and Wellness Travis Rawe played a large role,” Rawe said. “But said he hopes the update will help elim- the University as a whole is begininate long lines and free up more space ning to roll back some of the limfor students to safely get their exercise. itations COVID has placed on the Rawe said that while the COVID-19 University’s programs and facilities.” pandemic is still prevalent in most aspects of everyday life, the emergence see page 2 Simon Elfrink Sports Editor selfrink@murraystate.edu
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Olivia Underwood/The News Maximum capacity in the free weights area increased from 12 to 20.