1 shot dead on Tennessee State campus, 3 wounded, after dice-game argument

1 shot dead on University of Tennessee campus over dice game

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last updated 23 October 2015

Early Friday, Nashville police said that one man was killed and three female bystanders were wounded in a shooting on the Tennessee State University campus Thursday night. The incident started when two young men — not students, the university said — got in an argument over a game of dice, according to Metropolitan Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron. The three wounded women are students, and two of them were treated in the hospital, with the third suffering only superficial injuries. The victim was 19, Aaron said, and the assailant fled on foot.

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