2 Louisiana State Students Found Dead

International Ph.D. Scholars Slain In Campus Apartment; 3 Men Sought In Home Invasion

(CBS/AP)  Two students were found shot to death in an apparent home invasion at a Louisiana State University apartment, and officials decided to keep the campus open Friday while police searched for three suspects.

The victims, Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam, both international Ph.D. students, were found inside an apartment at the Edward Gay complex late Thursday night after authorities received a call seeking medical attention.

Both men had been shot once in the head, said Charles Zewe, an LSU system spokesman. Three men were seen leaving the area, and police were searching for them.

"From what we're being told, Komma was bound with a computer cable and shot," Zewe said. "The other man was found near the door."

No other violence was reported and the campus was not locked down, though officials were cautioning students about traveling to the university Friday morning and police patrols were increased on campus. Students were taking final exams, and many on the 30,000-student campus had already gone home for the semester break.

"Police actually think it was a straight home invasion and not a concern to the rest of the campus," said Kristine Calongne, a university spokeswoman.

An emergency text message was sent to students registered for an emergency alert system, but not all students received it, the university said. The problem was being investigated.

Calongne said only 8,000 students - less than one-third of the student body - had signed up for cell-phone notification. Officials also sent out an e-mail, voice mail message and posted a message to the LSU Web site. Many campuses implemented such emergency alert measures following the shootings at Virginia Tech earlier this year.

The call that alerted police to the crime was made by Allam's pregnant wife, who returned home and found the men dead, said Srinivasa Pothakamuri, a friend of Komma. Komma, a biochemstry student, was visiting the apartment at the time. Allam was in the chemistry program. Both men were from India, Zewe said.

Pothakamuri said Komma's wife contacted his wife Thursday night, worried that her husband hadn't returned after what he had said would be a 10 minute trip to see Allam. "He never came home," Pothakamuri said. They went to the apartment, and saw police.

The apartment building where the shootings took place is designated for married and graduate students, and is near a field on the 2,000-acre campus where the university's band practices. It is on the edge of the campus, close to one of Baton Rouge's highest-crime areas and near an elementary school. The apartment complex, a cluster of pale yellow cinderblock, three-story buildings, is within sight of the transition offices of Louisiana Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal.

LSU's police department and Baton Rouge Police are both working the case - they are urging students to use caution when moving about the campus, reports CBS News affiliate WWL-TV.

They also said at no time was any part of the campus under lockdown.

The killings were the first homicides on LSU's campus since the early 1990s, Calogne said.

[mythoughtsr]

I really wish someone would peruse these posts and remove the idiotic rantings of people like lastdance. Probably related to snidegrass.

Anyway, this story does little to comfort the families of those men who were slain. I would NEVER send my child to a university campus to live. Cesspools of everything BUT learning.

[underdogus]

Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam; muslims? could be a hate crime?

[bogusbones]

Wheezle - please take your head out of the sand. It''s almost like saying that every murder or crime in America is caused by a black. My goodness, is the Confederate flag hanging outside your house? Join the 1970''s please.

[tanmhay]

underdogus

No, they are Hindus from Southern India.

[toolmangler-2009]

Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam; muslims? could be a hate crime?
Posted by underdogus at 10:47 AM : Dec 14, 2007


Hindus more than likely but that doesn''t matter, If they had been Christian, Muslim, Bhuddist, or atheist they didn''t deserve death for no apparent reason

[vittoria1]

Believe me, Mythoughtstar, your claim that universities are "cesspools of everything BUT learning" is simply wrong. I''ve lived on or near many university campuses, and I learned a very great deal during my education. I suspect that you might benefit from one.

That said, the violent deaths of accomplished foreign students not only harm universities, they are to everyone''s detriment. A Senegalese doctoral student at the University of Chicago was recently shot and killed during a botched robbery by teenagers. We can''t afford these tragedies, wherever they take place. It''s no wonder that many people I''ve met abroad are convinced that in the U.S., gun battles are routinely taking place in the streets.

[Krazcarl]

Now how do you feel aqbout the death penality they took some of our brightest.

[nolalou]

It takes idiots and racists like wheezel3 to come up with those ridiculous conclusions! You just ''assume'' the perpetrators of this horrible crime are black, based on no evidence whatsoever, other than your own ignorance! I think it''s you who probably can''t be educated, since it obviously hasn''t worked so far!

[dmotte]

Why doesn''t the university buy up all of the property surrounding the school and all of the lowlife people that live there, which by the way is probably your young black punks that prey on people to get their crack money to impress their ho''s who depend on them for their next fix.

[chrispin138]

It is very sad indeed that people want to jump to conclusions about race. What does that matter? It''s not about race, it''s about character. My friends come from all kinds of different ethnic backgrounds, but they all have good character in common. I would defend any of them with my life, or with someone else''s if it came to that, which brings me to my real point...

Gun Control, every time someone is killed with a gun it''s a gun control issue.

Firearms aren''t new. Who is allowed to have guns, isn''t a new question, but that question was answered by our Founding Fathers in the Second Amendment. If you have the right to life and liberty, then by extension, you should have the right to defend it.

[displeased]

Guns are winning the the gun violence war with the help of the NRA!~
Posted by schoollord

Although the number of gun related deaths are staggering, it''s not the guns that are the initial problem. It''s whatever causes people to develop violent thoughts. Then guns become an easy means to follow through with their plans once they become unstable or desperate. You can take away guns, but you can''t take away their motives. They''ll just find another method.

[chrispin138]

It is very sad indeed that people want to jump to conclusions about race. What does that matter? It''s not about race, it''s about character. My friends come from all kinds of different ethnic backgrounds, but they all have good character in common. I would defend any of them with my life, or with someone else''s if it came to that, which brings me to my real point...

Gun Control, every time someone is killed with a gun it''s a gun control issue.

Firearms aren''t new. Who is allowed to have guns, isn''t a new question, but that question was answered by our Founding Fathers in the Second Amendment. If you have the right to life and liberty, then by extension, you should have the right to defend it.

[fitedafuture]

guns are tools,guns dont kill people, only stupid people kill other people..

[chrispin138]

No offense, schoollord, maybe you''re debating it, maybe the Supreme Court is about to debate it, but the Founding Fathers were very clear about the individual right to bear arms and there are a great many armed and law abiding citizens to which there is no debating it.

[fitedafuture]

stop blaming the gun and blame the idiots who pull the trigger who cant take responsibility for their own actions..

[runningralph]

Louisiana just elected an Indian to be governor. He is young and idealistic but very intelligent. I suppose the voters hoped the intelligence and idealism would work in the state''s favor.
In Louisiana, as in the US as a whole, there is a serious crime problem, fostered by years of liberal policies in law enforcement. These young men, like the governor, probably held liberal trusting views of the world. They have spent much of their life with books and kindly intellectuals. They didn''t believe that vicious low lifes would thrive in a liberal environment. But we know better. Taxpayers should arm themselves and be vigilant.

[fitedafuture]

your not thinking dimensionally, of course the gun kills, but it wont function unless YOU want it to..

[fitedafuture]

no arguing the kindergarten diatribes of schoolord..

[guysdigdirt]

I am not claiming the opposite but if two people "want to" go to the mall and kill several people and one has an AK-47 and the other a bat the gun plays an important role in the number of casualties.
Posted by schoollord

You are right, but if a person wants to kill people, a bomb made of common household ingredients, a car driven into a holiday crowd of shoppers or a number of other things will do the job more quickly and efficiently than an AK 47. Should we ban all those things?

[guysdigdirt]

schoollord,
I thought I might find you here making up statistics and spewing your irrational garbage. You did not let me down either.

[waltercito-2009]

The 2nd Amendment refers to weapons for "a well-regulated militia" as an agency of the state, not for individuals; anyone that argues otherwise is simply factually and intellectually dishonest. Furthermore, the 2nd Amendment refers to "long guns" - capable of hunting and combat - not high-powered handguns. Having said that, what with modern military and police technology - laser sights, night vision, body armor and "smart bombs" - even weapons in the hands of civilians is a cruel joke on anyone that thinks they could withstand fascist or totalitarian behavior on the part of "the government." That''s why it''s so important that we take our government back from the neo-fascists currently in charge. We have an Executive Branch that - in violation of the Constitution - is defying the Judicial and Legislative Branches, the will of the American people, as well as international law. Can you say "constitutional crisis?"

[guysdigdirt]

"Most U.S. courts have said the Second Amendment does not contain a right to have a gun for purely private purposes."
Posted by schoollord

Show me any court besides the ultra-liberal 9th circut court in San Francisco that has said it does not apply to the individual right.

[displeased]

I am not claiming the opposite but if two people "want to" go to the mall and kill several people and one has an AK-47 and the other a bat the gun plays an important role in the number of casualties.
Posted by schoollord

Of course an AK47 would be more effective than a bat. I would think the second person would choose something more effective, such as a bomb or a machete.

[chrispin138]

runningralph, you''re right, we did elect Bobby Jindal. Jindal''s record on guns is excellent and even garners an %u2018A%u2019 Rating from the Gun Owners of America. He voted favorably on a bill that would make it illegal to confiscate firearms from private citizens during a natural disaster. More than being Indian, Bobby Jindal is an American and we love him.

[underdogus]

Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam; muslims? could be a hate crime? Posted by underdogus at 10:47 AM : Dec 14, 2007
No, they are Hindus from Southern India.
Posted by tanmhay
Muslims are about 12% of India''s population...

[fitedafuture]

im sure youve never shot an ak, you probably couldnt hit the side of a barn..

[guysdigdirt]

waltercito

1st Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE...

Is this an individual right?

4th Amendment
THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated...

Is this an individual right?

9th Amendment
The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained BY THE PEOPLE.

But this, even though the language is exactly the same, is not an individual right?

2nd Amendment
A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Do you always find the same word to mean different things when you want them to?


Another individual right, correct?

[guysdigdirt]

the 2nd Amendment refers to "long guns" - capable of hunting and combat - not high-powered handguns.
Posted by waltercito

2nd Amendment
A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Walt, show me where it says "long guns", or go back to school.

[joeymed2009]

just to let you guys know, lsu lies right on the edge of the ghetto in baton rouge, 10 feet down highload road from lsu''s campus is very run down, this is where this took place, tons of losers around ready to break into a house and steal some ***

[guysdigdirt]

guysdigdirt said "Show me any court besides the ultra-liberal 9th circut court in San Francisco that has said it does not apply to the individual right."

"LOL" You just proved your ignorance about this subject!~ Thank you!~

"Most other U.S. courts have said the Second Amendment does not contain a right to have a gun for purely private purposes."

http://www.breitbart.com/a
rticle.php?

id=D8SRJCS83&show_article
=1
Posted by schoollord

You illiterate moron, it says the court will take the case next year, it does not say what you alledge it says. Learn to read.

[guysdigdirt]

Who says that those methods are more effective than an AK-47? If they are how come they are rarely used?
Posted by schoollord

What is the cause of most American deaths in IRAQ? IEDs, bombs, not AK 47s. They are used in America also, if you take the gun away they will be used more often, possibly. If a person wants to kill, he will kill is the point.

[fitedafuture]

thats a laugh, the forefathers im sure had premonitions of future weapons, m-16 ak-47''s beretta 9mms, grenades,surface to air missiles, ICBM''s thats funny, longguns...blackpower guns..

[poopusbuttus]

Ahhh....the liberals are all fired up again

[chrispin138]

"Firearms stand next in importance to the constitution itself. They are the American people''s liberty teeth and keystone under independence %u2026 from the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurrences and tendencies prove that to ensure peace security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable %u2026 the very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil interference %u2014 they deserve a place of honor with all that''s good."
George Washington
First President of the United States

[zootallures2]

It''s guns, it''s the 2nd Amendment... LOL! No, it is because you are mentally ill morons who sit around all day lying to yourselves and thinking up excuses instead of getting mental help. You like it when some other loony nation has a genocide because - finnally you have found some nuts worse than you to make you feel better.

[chrispin138]

"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Co-author of the Second Amendment
during Virginia''s Convention to Ratify the Constitution, 1788

[fitedafuture]

sure the forefathers werent chanting, "this is my rifle,this is my gun"...

[fitedafuture]

sure the forefathers werent chanting, "this is my rifle,this is my gun"...

[fitedafuture]

perhaps you should move to a socialist country schoolboy..

[fitedafuture]

perhaps China were you will develop a strange love of your weapon,being you have to carry it by servin your country,Not by choice I may add, for almost your entire life..Im sure you would like guns then...

[j-whitman]

Maybe the GOP & the NRA have something in their concept of arming every American after all ---- It reduces class size in our schools & eliminates overcrowding.

[chrispin138]

The parishioner who killed a shooter after he murdered four people at two US churches says God was guiding her. "I came out of cover and identified myself and engaged him and took him down," Ms Assam said.

The church''s senior pastor, Brady Boyd, praised her. "There could have been a great loss of life yesterday, and she probably saved over 100 lives," he said.

[fitedafuture]

"I love the smell of gunpowder in the morning" Apocalypse Now..

[fitedafuture]

I know he says Napalm, but gunpowder sounds cool also..

[zootallures2]

zootallures2 said "It''''''''s guns, it''''''''s the 2nd Amendment... LOL!"

Well...actually is mostly gun lovers who own "guns" under the excuse of the 2nd Amendment and go berserk!~ All those mass shooters...before they became mass shooters...were gun lovers!~ It''''s NOT me saying that. Studies of mass shooters say so!~

""But the vast majority are not from people who just went and bought the gun. They are people who have had guns available for years and years," he says."

Posted by schoollord at 02:11 PM : Dec 14, 2007

Yea, but how often is it a poor starving person or someone who really needed to do it to survive? You morons have everything and still you are not happy. It''s not just guns in the hands of the wrong people. The whole system is in the hands of the wrong people. And they can''t see they are nuts, and don''t want to give it up. It''s a mental problem. Society worship doesn''t work. That''s why the US is suposed to be a Republic not a Democracy.

[j-whitman]

GOP new education program for America ---- No Child Left Behind Alive

[rowdytexan2]

"Most other U.S. courts have said the Second Amendment does not contain a right to have a gun for purely private purposes."

Bull! Of course they meant for individuals to have guns, how the hell were they going to hunt for game food? Chase it down by foot?

The Constitution gives ALL men the right to bear arms, collectively and individually. Which in turn gives you the right to use it to defend yourself and your property collectively also. It gives us the right to have any operable weapon available, same as soldiers. I have a friend that owns an old army surplus tank.

We also have laws that protect us from people who choose to use them to murder and steal. The fact that they do is individual choice. Our country is not a proponent of of using guns to kill each other. (Well, except for the Neocon republicans, they think they have the right to hang a man if they so choose.)

So, what is always the big deal about debating 2nd Amendment Rights? Those that have tried to affect this right have been stopped in their tracks and will be in the future. (Unless we keep the Neocons of course who will keep us so poor we can''t buy them.)

[chrispin138]

OK schoollord, should my home ever be invaded, I hope that it never is, you can rest assured that the story will have a very different outcome then the one above.

Should your home ever be invaded, and I honestly hope that it never is, you can rest assured that the Police will respond to your 911 call eventually.

Good luck.

[fitedafuture]

and they will be guns a blazin..

[zootallures2]

GOP new education program for America ---- No Child Left Behind Alive

Posted by j-whitman at 02:23 PM : Dec 14, 2007

Good one!

And to our social status for which we stand, one person, over armed, with them most trees and bananas uber all.