Maryland college student murdered by classmate at off-campus party, say police

FROSTBURG, Md. (WJZ)- A college town is in mourning after a Frostburg State University student was stabbed to death at an off-campus party early Sunday morning, reports CBS affiliate WJZ.

Around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Kortneigh McCoy was found bleeding and lying on the ground in front of a house just across from the campus.

Investigators told WJZ that McCoy had been inside the house with several others when an argument broke out. That's when they say 23-year-old Frostburg senior Shanee Liggins pulled out a knife and stabbed McCoy. Liggins is now under arrest.

The murder comes on the heels of several other Frostburg tragedies, including the death of a football player in September after he was injured during practice, the December 2010 deaths of two students trapped in a fire, and the April 2010 murder of basketball player Brandon Carroll, shot to death by a fellow student, also at an off-campus house.

The suspect in Kortneigh McCoy's killing, Shanee Liggins, is being held without bail and facing first- and second-degree murder charges. Friends who graduated with McCoy from Poly-Western High School in Baltimore are planning a memorial in her honor at the school on Nov. 26.