Two people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide at Rice University in Houston.
HOUSTON â University police say a female student was found shot dead Monday in her dorm room and a man, who was not a student was also found dead with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. University President Reginald DesRoches identified the student as Andrea Rodriguez Avila.'This is a speech that no president ever wants to make,' said DesRoches.
Rodriguez said officers checked to see if Avila had been in class and found that she had not gone to class. It was around 4:30 p.m. when officers went to check her dorm room and see if she needed anything.'So we made entry to the room and that's when we discovered her,' said Rodriguez.Police say there was no sign of forced entry to the dorm room and Rodriguez said the man found in Avila's room was not a registered visitor.
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