Armed man commits suicide on Connecticut campus

July 24, 2012
Man shot himself after standoff with police at the University of Connecticut Avery Point

From The New London Day: An armed gunman has killed himself on the University of Connecticut Avery Point campus in Groton. Police have not disclosed the man's identity, but say he was not a student. Authorities talked with the man, who was described as despondent, but were unable to get him to put down his weapon. No college students were on campus during the incident; a group of high school students who are in a summer program was on campus were guarded by university police while the incident was happening.

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