Oct 22, 2009 4:28 pm US/Pacific
South Bay Man Dies In Sacramento State Dorm Brawl
SACRAMENTO (CBS) ―
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Scott Hawkins was pronounced dead after the fight in the Sacramento State dorm building.
CBS
The Sacramento State student killed in a dorm fight Wednesday has been identified as 23-year-old Scott Hawkins of Santa Clara.
The Sacramento County coroner released Hawkins' identity the morning after he was killed in a fight at the school's American River Courtyard dormitory. His alleged killer, 19-year-old Quran Jones, was shot and wounded by police.
At around 2 p.m. Wednesday, campus police were called when students heard a fight and a window shatter on a first floor dorm room. The responding officers found 19-year-old Quran Jones armed with a knife refusing to come out.
Hawkins was unconscious on the floor severely beaten.
Police shot pellets filled with pepper spray at Jones, but when he came at them with the knife, they shot him. Three shots were fired.
"The suspect charged officers with a knife and officers returned fire," said Sacramento Police Sgt. Norm Leong.
"They were telling him 'get down!' I guess he wouldn't," said Sacramento State student Jonquil Williams. "We heard three gunshots after that."
Jones is still in the hospital. Jones will be booked on suspicion of murder and attempted murder of a police officer when he's released from the hospital, where he's in stable condition.
About 60 students were in the corridor when the incident happened and the University's administration has received several complaints about how they handled the emergency.
"What you saw yesterday was a team that responded exactly as it should have," said Sacramento State University President Alexander Gonzalez. "Everyone was involved or got involved. We got student affairs people involved, not only police. I was here. Everyone that was appropriate was involved and we got the information out as soon as we thought that we could without causing a panic."
Sacramento State's police force has 22 officers, four of which are now on administrative leave.
Hawkins' mother told university officials that her son had a form of autism.
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