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    Gunman wounds man, himself at St. Louis school

    January 15, 2013, 6:39 PM

    Gunman wounds man, himself at St. Louis school


    Police and emergency personal respond to a shooting victim at Stevens Institute of Business and Arts in St. Louis on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. / David Carson,AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Updated 6:32 P.M. ET

    ST. LOUIS A part-time student strode into the office of a longtime administrator at a downtown St. Louis business school Tuesday and shot the man in the chest, creating panic in the school before turning the gun on himself, police said.

    Both men were in surgery Tuesday afternoon at Saint Louis University Hospital.

    Police Chief Sam Dotson said he was optimistic both would survive, but a hospital spokesman declined to discuss their conditions.

    Police did not identify either man, but Dotson said the administrator was a longtime employee in his late 40s. He said the suspect had been attending Stevens Institute of Business & Arts off and on for four years and had no history of threats or violence.

    Dotson said police arrived to find a "chaotic" scene with many students running out of the five-story historic building in the downtown loft district of St. Louis. About 40 to 50 people were in the building when gunfire broke out, and police evacuated them before starting a floor-by-floor search with tactical teams and dogs.

    They found the administrator, who had been shot in his fourth-floor office, near an elevator, Dotson said. Officers found the suspect in a stairwell between the third and fourth floors, he said. Police found a handgun, but a spokeswoman wasn't sure where.

    The motive wasn't clear but Dotson said the shooter apparently sought out the victim.

    "This did not appear to be random," Dotson said. "It appeared to be targeted."
    Britanee Jones, 24, hid under a desk while other classmates ducked into closets or ran out of the building. Her mother, Angae Lowery, raced to the school to make sure her daughter was safe.

    "She sent a text message and said a gunman was in the building," Lowery said.

    "She saw him (the gunman) go by the classroom."

    When Jones emerged from the building about an hour-and-a-half after the shooting, her mother and another relative greeted her with shrieks of joy. Jones declined interview requests, saying only that she was in a fashion management class when the shooting began.

    "I'm so happy to see her come out," Lowery said. "I'm relieved. It was really frightening."

    The school has about 180 students in programs including business administration, tourism and hospitality, paralegal studies, fashion, and retail and interior design. Dotson said police arrived there within one minute of getting a call about the shooting and used an "active shooter" protocol developed after a 2010 shooting spree in which a man killed four people and wounded five others at ABB Inc., a transformer manufacturing firm.

    Officers followed the protocol to a tee, Dotson said, hurriedly going inside, getting everyone out, and using tactical teams and dogs to sweep the building in search of the shooter or shooters.

    Several people left messages on the school's Facebook page expressing dismay that a shooting happened there and expressing prayers for a quick recovery for the administrator. The school posted on the Facebook page that it would be closed until 8 a.m. Jan. 22.

    Several messages left Tuesday with the school's telephone operator and the college's president, Cynthia Musterman, were not immediately returned.

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    Student charged in St. Louis college shooting had previously attacked a cabby

    Published January 16, 2013
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    ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis college student who was charged Wednesday with shooting an administrator in a dispute over financial aid has a history of mental illness and may not have been arrested after his probation for a 2009 knife attack was revoked in May.

    Prosecutors charged 34-year-old Sean Johnson with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and two firearms violations in Tuesday's attack at the Stevens Institute of Business & Art. He doesn't have an attorney yet and a woman who answered the phone at his home declined an interview request.

    Investigators say Johnson, a part-time student, shot the school's financial aid director, Greg Elsenrath, once in the chest during a meeting in Elsenreth's fourth-floor office, then shot himself in the torso. The school said the two had a heated exchange on Monday during a meeting about Johnson's financial aid.

    Both men underwent surgery Tuesday. Authorities haven't said how Johnson is faring, but the school posted on its Facebook page Wednesday that Elsenrath "came through surgery last night with flying colors and is expected to make a full recovery."

    "This unimaginable act of violence has proved the strength of our bonds as a Siba family and we intend to come out of this event with those bonds intact and stronger than ever," the posting said.

    The gunshots sent teachers, administrators and the roughly 40 students in the five-story building scrambling for safety. Some of those who couldn't get out took cover under desks or in closets until officers arrived, police Chief Sam Dotson said.

    According to the probable cause statement, police found Johnson in a stairwell between the third and fourth floors, bleeding from a wound in his side. His 9mm handgun, with three rounds still inside, was found nearby.

    As a convicted felon, Johnson is prohibited from owning or handling a gun, which accounts for one of the new firearms charges. The other stems from the scratched-out serial number on the weapon, according to prosecutors.

    Until last spring, Johnson was serving five years' probation for trying to slash a cabby with a box cutter in 2009 while they were driving on Interstate 70 in St. Louis County. The cab crashed into the median, and Johnson and the driver engaged in a struggle until police arrived, according to court records. Johnson pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and a weapons charge, and was ordered to remain on a medication for an undisclosed mental illness.

    Then in May, Johnson's probation was revoked, although court records don't indicate why. A warrant was issued for his arrest three days after his probation was revoked, but court records don't indicate if he was ever arrested.

    Johnson's attorney at the time, Eric Barnhart, said Wednesday that Johnson was a productive part of society "when he was taking his medication," but struggled when off of it. Barnhart said he is not currently representing Johnson and declined to disclose the mental health condition or comment further.

    The probable cause statement said Johnson also had prior convictions for drug trafficking and drug possession.

    The school's website said Elsenrath has a bachelor's degree from Missouri Valley College and an MBA from Lindenwood University. Elsenrath, of Winfield, Mo., has worked in financial aid for 15 years. Police say Elsenrath is in his 40s.

    The school has about 180 students in programs including business administration, tourism and hospitality, paralegal studies, fashion, and retail and interior design. It relocated to its current building from another downtown building in 2010.

    The school will be closed until 8 a.m. Tuesday. Several messages left Wednesday with the school's president, Cynthia Musterman, and members of the staff were not returned.




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