I don't understand why the school would need to inform you of this...
Here's one from near me:
UCI student charged with murder in shooting of ex-wifeShooting marks the first on-campus homicide in UCI's history. (I am dubious on this statistic - JF)
By SEAN EMERY, JON CASSIDY AND IAN HAMILTON
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
IRVINE ? A UC Irvine graduate student was charged with murder today in the fatal shooting of his ex-wife during an on-campus argument over custody of the couple's 4-year-old son.
Brian Benedict, 35, made a brief court appearance this afternoon at an arraignment in Harbor Justice Center that was continued until Oct. 2. Benedict did not enter a plea, and remains in custody on a $1 million bail.
Authorities say Brian Benedict, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate doing doctoral work in particle physics, shot Rebecca "Bekki" Benedict, 30, just before 7 p.m. in the parking lot outside the Verano graduate student apartments on Verano Place.
Police described the shooting as the first homicide at UC Irvine.
Brian and Rebecca were embroiled in a divorce case that had awarded primary custody of their son to Rebecca, and apparently would have forced Brian to drop out of school to earn money to pay child support, according to court documents.
Authorities allege that Rebecca was visiting Brian's campus apartment on Sunday night to pick up the boy when an argument turned physical.
According to the District Attorney's Office, Brian swung a hammer at Rebecca as their son watched. Prosecutors say Rebecca tried to escape from the apartment by running down an adjacent path, while Brian chased her with a firearm, shooting several times and hitting her at least once.
Prosecutors say that Brian then returned to the apartment, got his son, and tried to put the boy in a car. Witnesses and neighbors worried that Brian was going to flee the scene physically restrained him until police arrived.
Rebecca was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
No other injuries were reported during the incident, but neighbors spoke of at least one close call.
Sara Ellis was sitting on her sofa reading when she heard a noise resembling fireworks and someone screaming, followed by a shattering sound and a fleck of something hitting her face. She discovered that a bullet from the shooting had shattered her front window, and embedded into the wall above the sofa.
"It was just three feet above my head," Ellis said.
Brian and Rebecca separated in 2006 after two and a half years of marriage. Rebecca filed for divorce on Jan. 16 of this year, and the case was decided on Thursday.
Court records indicate that Brian was distraught even before the ruling, with Judge Nancy A. Pollard referencing a recent suicide attempt.
UCI police say there weren't any reported incidents of domestic violence between the two. Brian earlier this month approached campus security officials for information about child custody issues in what police referred to as a brief discussion, UCI police said.
Brian is facing one charge of felony count of murder, along with a sentencing enhancement for the personal discharge of a firearm causing death. If convicted, he faces 50 years to life in state prison, prosecutors said.
