UNC Student Body President Slain
Students Are Left Reeling After Dead Woman Is Identified As Popular Chapel Hill Honors Student
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Police say 22-year-old Eve Marie Carson, a senior from Athens, Georgia, was shot several times, including at least once in the head, March 6, 2008. (CBS/UNC - Chapel Hill)
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Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill stand and hug in the middle of a crowd of students and faculty before a gathering to remember Student Body President Eve Carson. The UNC senior was shot and killed early March 5, 2008. (Ricky Leung/WRAL.com)
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CBS News affiliate WRAL reports that UNC Chancellor James Moeser spoke during the informal gathering that drew an estimated 5,000 people, most who held each other and cried.
"We're all in a state of shock," he told the grieving crowd, "We are all hurting. We are all grief-stricken - stunned," he said. "This university needs an enormous group hug. It's OK to cry. It's OK to be filled with grief."
Police say 22-year-old Eve Marie Carson, a senior from Athens, Ga., was shot several times, including at least once in the head. Officials said there are no suspects and no arrests have been made.
Police found Carson's vehicle, a blue 2005 Toyota Highlander with Georgia plates, after receiving a tip this afternoon from a witness who spotted it near Franklin Street, the main drag though Chapel Hill.
Officers found the body of a young woman about a mile from campus, after neighbors reported hearing shots about 5 a.m. yesterday.
Police publicly identified the shooting victim as Carson on Thursday, and police Chief Brian Curran said her death appeared to be a random act. The neighborhood where her body was found, about a mile from the North Carolina campus, is an upscale residential area and is not home to student housing.
"She was just an incredible person that I think had an affect on a lot of people's live," UNC senior Katie Eagan told WRAL. "The way in which she died was obviously a shock. I think we're all just trying to process it right now."
Carson was valedictorian at Clarke Central High School in 2004. She was a prestigious Morehead-Cain scholar and a North Carolina Fellow, taking part in a four-year leadership development program for undergraduates. A premed student, she majored in political science and biology, was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, taught science at Chapel Hill elementary schools, studied abroad in Cuba, and spent summers volunteering in Ecuador, Egypt and Ghana as part of a school program.
Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Currin told WRAL that the department's investigation into the crime was still in its very early stages. "A lot of it, up to this point, was just trying to figure out who the victim was," he said.
Carson's murder comes two days after the violent death of another college student from Georgia, Lauren Burk, an 18-year-old from Marietta. Burk was found wounded by a gunshot on a roadside on March 4 about five miles from Auburn University and she later died at a hospital. Her car was found buArning in a parking lot on campus.
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See all 168 CommentsDid this delightful woman have more value to the human race? Not in God''s eyes. In His eyes we are all priceless. What about unborn children? Do they have less value than this young woman? Not in God''s eyes. This type of violence will not end in America until we can see as a society that our worth as human beings is not defined by what we do, where we went to college or even, by good works. We are, each and every one of us, a precious and priceless to the One who created us.
A life cut short is always tragic. I pray for peace for all who were touched by this young woman, especially her parents and family.
Reach out and love someone today. It''s your chance to make a difference - take it!
And, to downtowner97, my thoughts exactly!
I found your poste quite distasteful and I must say it made me resent you and your entire viewpoint. True.
Did this delightful woman have more value to the human race? Not in God''s eyes. In His eyes we are all priceless. What about unborn children? Do they have less value than this young woman? Not in God''s eyes. This type of violence will not end in America until we can see as a society that our worth as human beings is not defined by what we do, where we went to college or even, by good works. We are, each and every one of us, a precious and priceless to the One who created us.
A life cut short is always tragic. I pray for peace for all who were touched by this young woman, especially her parents and family.
Reach out and love someone today. It''s your chance to make a difference - take it!
And, to downtowner97, my thoughts exactly!
4000 Dead Americans in Iraq.
Killed by greed and war profiteering...
Where''s the outcry over their deaths?!
"A well regulated militia" the 2nd Amendment says? You got it!
hell is God saying OK
Did this delightful woman have more value to the human race? Not in God''s eyes. In His eyes we are all priceless. What about unborn children? Do they have less value than this young woman? Not in God''s eyes. This type of violence will not end in America until we can see as a society that our worth as human beings is not defined by what we do, where we went to college or even, by good works. We are, each and every one of us, a precious and priceless to the One who created us.
A life cut short is always tragic. I pray for peace for all who were touched by this young woman, especially her parents and family.
Reach out and love someone today. It''s your chance to make a difference - take it!
And, to downtowner97, my thoughts exactly!
I''m guessing most are too slow to understand your your point, and will lash out at you for being so insensitive. Good luck ;)
Did this delightful woman have more value to the human race? Not in God''s eyes. In His eyes we are all priceless. What about unborn children? Do they have less value than this young woman? Not in God''s eyes. This type of violence will not end in America until we can see as a society that our worth as human beings is not defined by what we do, where we went to college or even, by good works. We are, each and every one of us, a precious and priceless to the One who created us.
A life cut short is always tragic. I pray for peace for all who were touched by this young woman, especially her parents and family.
Reach out and love someone today. It''s your chance to make a difference - take it!
And, to downtowner97, my thoughts exactly!
Did this delightful woman have more value to the human race? Not in God''s eyes. In His eyes we are all priceless. What about unborn children? Do they have less value than this young woman? Not in God''s eyes. This type of violence will not end in America until we can see as a society that our worth as human beings is not defined by what we do, where we went to college or even, by good works. We are, each and every one of us, a precious and priceless to the One who created us.
A life cut short is always tragic. I pray for peace for all who were touched by this young woman, especially her parents and family.
Reach out and love someone today. It''s your chance to make a difference - take it!
And, to downtowner97, my thoughts exactly!
Great. Use the story of the death of a woman to preach your pro-life views. Disgusting.
Ameri666a.
4000 Dead Americans in Iraq.
Killed by greed and war profiteering...
Where''''s the outcry over their deaths?!
Posted by jerr11
Get with it man! Soldiers are trained to fight and they received money for their service. They are given uniforms, guns, and training. This girl had nothing to do with the war. Presumably, she was the unarmed victim murdered on an America street. There is no connection with this girl''s murder to the war in Iraq.
Don''t go to Romdaddy''s family reunion this year........
Another important point: No, not everyone''''s life is worth the same. No offense, but I would do-away with everyone reading this post if it meant saving my loved-ones'''' lives.
we need more guns I shoot too protect
I served in the USMC and have attended funerals of friends. This story is a big difference between those of us who choose to serve our country knowing what the outcome may be versus a 22 year old college student who is violently gunned down without any justifiable reason. Please do not disrespect those who serve by making a false comparison of heroism to a senseless tragedy. In fact, the last funeral I attended was a good friend of mine from high school who saved the lived of his fireteam my covering a bomb with his body. You cannot compare that heroic act with a senseless shooting.
Don''''t go to Romdaddy''''s family reunion this year........
Guns make it easy to kill people. If there were no guns, murderers would use knives, their bare hands, ice picks, baseball bats, etc. Whatever it takes.
Nothing kills as many people so fast as a gun. Unless you''re planning to fly an airliner into a skyscraper.
-many girls(including some I used to know),play goodie while at home then go completely wild when far way from home.
She was 22,getting to feel her new found strength,and independence.
How does a young woman flexes her muscles?
By using her physical charms-you won''t have to wait a lot,you''ll soon find out about this "good girl"s night life.
The reason for what happened?She might have stolen somebody else''s mate.
What a stupid waste....will we never learn.
I''d like to point out that it has the trademark of gang innitiation. Whomever did this is not from that area of town.
hell is God saying OK
Posted by sugarmapledr
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There is your answer.
I second that motion and suggest we follow the recommendation of criminologists to reduce homicides and suicides:Reduce the prevalence of guns!~
Posted by schoolmast1 at 09:00 PM : Mar 06, 2008
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Pot, crack, meth are all illegal .. does anyone have any problem finding them on the streets?
Booze was illegal for years, did anyone have any problem finding a bar?
Crossing the border without permission is illegal .. anyone see anyone having a problem doing that?
The list goes on ...
... point is making something illegal won''t take it off the streets or make it unobtainable .. it just takes it out of the hands of law abiding people.
-- Mary Zeiss Stange, "Guns, like abortion, are a matter of choice"
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I served in vietnam, retired from the military and police. i advocate the right to bear arms. i do not reccommend everyone do so. Not everyone will have what it takes to pull the trigger in a necessary situation and can become a victim of their own weapon. If a criminal cannot get a gun he will use something else as a weapon. My intrepretation of the constitutional amendment is very different from yours. When it was written all men were called for duty in the militia to fight against tyranny. As i see it the war may have changed but is just as dangerous and serious today. I pray i never have to kill again.
What are you going to do when confronted by a criminal and you are alone ? Submit, good idea but he may kill you or your family anyway so as not to leave witnesses. Criminals have no conscious about their actions.
Whe the facts are brought out about this case it will probably be a career criminal who doesn''t have the right to own a gun. They don''t care what the law is, they do what they want. If she had been your daughter would you feel the same way. I had a classmate in college. She was against gun ownership, then her husband was murdered in a robbery by a 13 year ol;d punk with an illegal gun. Now she is for guns and the death penalty.
It isn''t the guns doing the killing it is the person pulling the trigger. If he didn''t have a gun he would use a knife, baseball bat or anything that happens to work for him. Gun control is not ther answer. Gun regulation with permits is a reasonable idea to help keep criminals from having illegal weapons.
Handguns make excellent defensive(deterrent)devices too.
Posted by ranger1948 at 10:39 PM
It''s an old cliche. Guns don''t kill people. Everyone knows they are used to kill people. They are far more deadly than anything else, that is why they are the weapon of choice among people who decide to go bonkers. Finally, the problem with the regulations at present is that most people are not criminals until they actually take the gun and commit the crime. By that time it''s too late for the regulations to do one darnn thing. Regulations need to look at people''s conflict resolution skills.
You can have "your resolution skills" I''ll stick with a handgn anyday.
Remember,during katrina in New Orleans,who got to live and eat.
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