Three players for Emporia State’s football team were involved in a shooting in the 500 block of Wiltshire Lane some time around 3 a.m. Saturday morning. A second altercation broke out at Newman Regional Health.
Joshua R. Taylor, 21, was shot once in the back of the shoulder as he drove an SUV with four other individuals away from the first fight. He was taken to Newman Regional Health and was later airlifted to a Wichita hospital. He has since been released.
Taylor is a safety for ESU’s football team. Also in the SUV were Jordan Sanders, 22-year-old linebacker, and Vincent Davis Jr., 24-year-old wide receiver. Gary Fortune, 20, was a mid-season transfer, and Broderick Turner, 24, is not a part of the team.
Police Chief Gary Smith says the five have all been identified as possible assault victims, but none have been charged in connection with either altercation.
The athletic department has not yet commented on whether there will be any disciplinary action taken as they are waiting for more details of the incident.
But Smith told KVOE today that this appears to be “a result of ongoing antagonistic behavior” between all involved instead of a random incident. According to KVOE, Smith said the investigation was slowed initially because some witnesses were allegedly threatened and that cooperation has been hard to come.
Smith also said that a one person apparently had a foot “run over,” and the victim refused treatment and left the scene. A bloody knife was also found. Investigators are working to identify who the alleged victim might have been, as they also left the scene.
Anyone with information regarding this incident may call the Emporia Police Department at 343-4200 or Crime Stoppers at 342-2273.
Kenzie Templeton
UCLA CHANCELLOR BLOCK COMES OUT STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF CALIFORNIA DREAM ACT.
States News Service March 14, 2011 LOS ANGELES — The following information was released by the University of California Los Angeles: site california dream act
By Claudia Luther Chancellor Gene Block joined campus students today at a news conference in Bruin Plaza in support of the California DREAM Act, which would allow students who meet in-state tuition requirements to be eligible for certain financial aid programs administered by California’s public colleges and universities. Currently, undocumented students are not eligible for this financial aid.
Block has been a strong supporter of both the federal and state measures that would allow qualifying students to receive financial aid. Last fall, Block collaborated with the White House and the U.S. Department of Education to help make the case for the federal Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, better known as the DREAM Act, but the effort failed. In California, then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in fall 2008 vetoed a similar measure. website california dream act
In January, Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles) reintroduced the California DREAM Act, which will receive its first hearing in Sacramento on Tuesday, March 15.
In voicing his support for Cedillo’s bills at the press conference, Block said that the campus probably has several hundred undocumented students, all of whom have faced unique obstacles in being admitted to and studying at one of the most competitive campuses in the nation.
“Many spend hours on the bus coming to and from campus,” Block said. “Because they can’t receive financial aid, they have to hold multiple jobs to pay for their expenses. Some rely on friends for places to sleep and food pantries for meals. This is very tough to do if you’re not allowed to get student aid.” The press conference was called by the Undergraduate Student Association to offer support on the eve of the hearings before the Assembly Committee on Higher Education. Cristopher Santos, the association’s external vice president, expressed his gratitude to Block for his leadership on the DREAM Act.
“As you all know, it hasn’t been an easy battle,” Santos said.
Block said he could not imagine a more deserving group of students. “They can reach their educational goals, they can contribute importantly to our society,” he said. “The DREAM Act legislation for California is overdue, way overdue. It has my strongest support. Let’s get moving.”
