goldsboro, nc Ex-student sought in fatal campus shooting

Associated Press

GOLDSBORO, N.C.

A 20-year-old former community college student fatally shot a campus print- shop director who recently had fired him, just as his old boss arrived for work Monday morning, school officials and authorities said.

A manhunt was underway for the suspect, Kenneth Morgan Stancil III. Authorities are pursuing him on an open count of murder, Wayne County Sheriff Larry Pierce said.

Authorities believe Stancil has left the area but is still in North Carolina. They have not released a motive for the shooting.

Stancil entered a large Wayne Community College building about 8 a.m. with a rifle and went to the third-floor print shop, perhaps using a back staircase so he would go unnoticed, authorities and school officials said. Stancil’s former work-study boss, Ron Lane, was killed in the print shop. He had worked at the school for 18 years.

The shooting frightened students and the campus was put on lockdown as officers stormed the building.

Stancil was a third-year student at the college but it wasn’t immediately clear when he last attended. Goldsboro city spokeswoman Kim Best said he was let go recently, but she didn’t say when.