FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - The Latest on the shootings of two women at a Fort Wayne beauty college (all times local):
6:58 p.m.
Fort Wayne police say a man who shot two women at a Fort Wayne beauty college before turning the gun on himself was upset that one of the women would not date him.
Police spokesman Michael Joyner told a news conference Tuesday that 24-year-old Davion D. Brown entered Ravenscroft Beauty College on Monday evening carrying a backpack and found that woman, 29-year-old Patricia Ann Hahn of Fort Wayne, in a break room and began shooting with a .22 caliber semi-automatic handgun, striking her as many as nine times.
Police says Hahn is hospitalized in stable condition.
Joyner says investigators believe Hahn tried to protect the second woman, 20-year-old Alyssa L. Spade of Fort Wayne. Spade suffered a graze wound.
Joyner says officers found Brown dead from a self-inflict gunshot wound.
3:09 p.m.
Authorities have identified the two women who were shot at a Fort Wayne beauty college.
Fort Wayne police said Tuesday that 29-year-old Patricia Ann Hahn is hospitalized in critical condition following the shooting Monday night at Ravenscroft Beauty College. They say the other woman, 20-year-old Alyssa L. Spade of Fort Wayne, has been released from a hospital.
The Allen County Coroner’s Office has identified the gunman as 24-year-old Davion D. Brown of Fort Wayne. It has ruled his death a suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Indiana Department of Correction’s website says Brown was paroled in April 2014 after serving 16½ months for a robbery conviction.
The college was closed Tuesday.
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This story has been corrected to show Hahn’s first name is Patricia, not Patrician.
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2 p.m.
Authorities have identified a man who shot two women at a Fort Wayne beauty college and say he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
The Allen County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday identified the suspect as 24-year-old Davion D. Brown of Fort Wayne and ruled his death a suicide. He was pronounced dead at the scene Monday night.
Fort Wayne police spokesman John Chambers says one woman was hospitalized in critical condition and a second in good condition. Their names haven’t been released.
Chambers says that when officers entered Ravenscroft Beauty College, they found a man believed to be the shooter dead.
The college was closed Tuesday.
The Indiana Department of Correction’s website says Brown was paroled in April 2014 after serving 16½ months for a robbery conviction.
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7:30 a.m.
A beauty college in northeastern Indiana is closed for the day as authorities investigate a shooting that left a man dead and two women injured.
Authorities say police received a report Monday evening of an active shooter at Ravenscroft Beauty College in Fort Wayne. When officers arrived, they found a man believed to be the shooter dead.
Officials say one woman was in critical condition and another was hospitalized in serious condition. Police say they believe the man shot the women and then turned the gun on himself.
Fort Wayne police say after officers arrived on the scene they secured the premises and searched for the suspect and victims. The school is closed Tuesday.
Authorities didn’t immediately say what sparked the incident or release names of those involved.
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