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• Justin Cosby, a 21-year-old Cambridge, MA resident, was shot while entering the Kirkland House on the Harvard University campus shortly before 5:00 p.m. on May 18, 2009. He died of his wounds on the following day.Huffington Post: Justin Cosby, Harvard Shooting Victim, Dies (May 19, 2009) Suspects were seen fleeing the scene, and a witness, Greta Friar, stated that she heard three gunshots and later saw bullet casings.The Crimson: Unidentified 'College-Aged' Male Shot...(May 18, 2009)

  Cosby was not a Harvard student, but rather was enrolled at nearby Salem State College. A day after the incident, no suspect had been named, and it was still unknown why Cosby had been in the dorm.Huffington Post: Justin Cosby, Harvard Shooting Victim, Dies (May 19, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Victim Justin Cosby was shot in the abdomen around 5: 00 p.m. on May 18, 2009
  2. Scene of crime: Kirkland House undergraduate residence, Harvard University
  3. Cosby died of his wounds the following day
  4. Died at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  5. Was initially reported to be in stable condition
  6. Harvard, Cambridge and Massachusetts police were on the scene, shortly before 7: 30 p.m., searching for evidence and interviewing studentsFOX 25: Shooting at Harvard University (May 18, 2009)
  7. Cosby was a 21-year-old African-American male
  8. Cosby attended Salem State College
  9. Kirkland House Masters: Tom and Verena Conley
  10. Residence students were alerted to the shooting by e-mail sent by the house mastersFOX 25: Shooting at Harvard University (May 18, 2009)
  11. Police believe the victim was the targetFOX 25: Shooting at Harvard University (May 18, 2009)
  12. More than one suspect fled the campus, per witness accounts
  13. Shooting took place in the J-Entry of the housing annex
  14. Students were asked to use the dining hall, the basement, or the JCR, until their rooms were available to them
  15. Keycards are needed to enter the locked dorms
  16. President Drew Gilpin Faust arrived in the evening, to speak with the Kirkland residents

• Harvard University Fast Facts

  1. Established in 1636 and is the oldest U.S. university
  2. Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
  3. College newspaper: The Crimson

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