MURDER IN MEMPHIS

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Sad news on yet another college campus. This time it involved a player on the University of Memphis football team.

A University of Memphis football player was fatally shot on campus in what was believed to be a targeted attack, and classes were canceled Monday as a precaution, officials said. Taylor Bradford, 21, was shot near a university housing complex about 9:45 p.m. Sunday and then got into a car, driving a short distance before it crashed into a tree, officials said. "We found him with a bullet wound to the body and the ambulance took him to the hospital where he was pronounced [dead]," said Roger Prewitt, a Memphis Police inspector.

The school has been put on lockdown with classes canceled as the killer is reported to be currently still at-large.

In an e-mail alert sent to faculty, staff and students at 3:40 a.m. Monday, officials wrote that "the initial investigation indicates this was an act directed specifically toward the victim and was not a random act of violence."

The university decided to cancel classes Monday, although police believe the person or persons involved in the shooting left the campus immediately. Memphis police have not established a motive and have no suspects in custody.

And another tragedy strikes our collegiate education system. Our thoughts are with the people of Memphis.

Source: ESPN