EM4579 HEADLINE: No arrest yet in Delaware university shooting CAPTION: Authorities continue to search for a gunman who wounded two students in a shooting at Delaware State Univ. early Friday morning. Students say tension between rival groups of friends preceded the incident. (Sept. 22) 2007 SLUG: Delaware State Shooting [Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] ((FONT: Dover, DE)) The person who shot two freshmen early Friday morning on the campus of "Delaware State University" remains on the loose. Even though police say they have NOT identified a suspect or motive for the shootings, officials have re-opened the campus and classes will resume Monday. ((FONT: Chief James Overton, Delaware State University)) "Information has led us to believe that it is a male, he is a student and he is not on campus at this time." 17-year-old Shalita Middleton remains in serious condition after being shot in the abdomen. ((FONT: Carlos Holmes, Delaware State University)) "The primary concern with her remains her medical condition so we have not been able to get in a good conversation with her yet." The other victim, 17-year-old Nathaniel Pugh, is speaking with investigators and will recover from his injuries. STANDUP: ((FONT: Ted Shaffrey, The Associated Press)) "Students here at Delaware State University say they remain committed to keeping this a safe sanctuary where they can learn the skills to become successful adults." (FONT: (Bryant Benson, Student)) "People have to understand, you have to separate from what we used to do to what we doing now. Like we're here to better our lives and make a transition into being better people in society and in the world. I feel like we just have to do better. We can't be worrying about having people worrying about going to class and getting shot." Some students say there are tensions on campus between groups of students from Washington D-C and groups from New Jersey, but the student body president downplayed talk of gangs and turf wars. ((FONT: Nikki Chapple, Student President)) "Individuals may hang around individuals like as if I would hang around my group friends, but there are no gangs on this college campus so that shouldn't be an association of what took place here…. It can happen on any campus, and it has happened on other campuses" ((DC to drop in video here from Newark executions)) This has been a rough year so-far for Delaware State University: in August three young people, two students from the school and one who was enrolled to start this fall, were murdered in Newark, New Jersey, in an unrelated incident. Student Maurice Coleman knew the three people killed last month. "I still have to keep my mind in the right place, and not let that affect my school work and other things I have going on." The Delaware shootings happened in the early morning hours of Friday, as students left an on-campus café. Ted Shaffrey, The Associated Press, Dover, Delaware STORYLINE You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/996c38c14102b9f70fa95851eb0e2eb7 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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