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A college student was found fatally shot in her dorm room in Houston on Monday afternoon, and the suspect in the shooting, whom she was dating, was found dead nearby, officials said. Rice University identified the woman as Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a junior from Maryland. Campus Police Chief Clemente Rodriguez said members of her family were concerned about lack of contact and requested that officers check up on her.
There was no sign of forced entry, administrators said in a message Monday night addressed to students, parents, staff members and faculty members. Counseling is available to students 24 hours a day, administrators said in the message. “I want our students, parents and Rice community to know that the Rice campus is safe, there is no immediate threat, and tonight we will wrap our arms around our students,' Rice University President Reginald DesRoches said at the news conference.
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