Around 1pm today an unidentified man (potentially the victim's boyfriend) wearing a wig entered the Wesleyan University bookstore, shot, and killed Johanna Justin-Jinich, a 22 year old Wesleyan Junior. After the event the University, all the schools in Middletown, and the town itself went on lock down. One senseless act of violence has taken the life of a young woman and impacted everyone in a community. When will people learn that violence is not the answer. This is truly a sad day.
Hartford Courant Article
Wesleyan Argus Article
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I am so sorry to hear about this. My own college was the site of a fatal shooting years ago.
In addition to the obvious tragedy that it was for the family and friends of the deceased, the loss of innocence and the damage to our sense of community that resulted have taken a very long time to recover from--and, arguably, the wounds will never heal completely.
Without wanting to turn this into a discussion about gun control, I just want to say that I hope our society can make the changes needed so that mentally ill people have less access to deadly weapons and more access to the care they need.
My thoughts today are with Johanna's family and the entire Wesleyan community.
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