School In Lockdown After Murder/Suicide

"DEARBORN, MI ― Two students were killed Friday in an apparent murder-suicide that prompted a lockdown at a community college west of Detroit, police said.

"The bodies were discovered inside a Henry Ford Community College building after police responded to an emergency call of an assault and shortly afterward reports of a shot being fired on campus, said Dearborn Deputy Police Chief Gregg Brighton.

"As officers entered the MacKenzie Fine Arts Center, they heard another gunshot, Brighton said.

"Officers then found the bodies of Asia McGowan, 20, of Ecorse, and Anthony Powell, 28, of Detroit, police said. Powell apparently used a shotgun to kill McGowan and then turned the gun on himself, police said.

"They took at least one class together — a theater course that had met earlier in the day, Brighton said.

"The 17,000-student commuter school sent alerts through an e-mail and cell phone system and locked down the campus, said Marjorie Swan, Henry Ford's vice president/controller.

"`Nothing like this has ever occurred on campus,` Swan said.

"The lockdown later was lifted but classes for the rest of the day were canceled, as were Saturday's classes."

From CBS13.com...