Right Wing Terrorism Watch - Wesleyan suspect targeting college students, Jews

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Police urged students at Wesleyan University to stay locked in their dorms, and city's only synagogue was shut down, as authorities said a man wanted in the bookstore shooting death of a Wesleyan student had threatened the woman years before, and may now be targeting the school and Jews.

Police urged university students and local Jewish leaders to be "extra vigilant" while they sought 29-year-old Stephen Morgan. Investigators believe that Morgan disguised himself with a wig and shot 21-year-old Johanna Justin-Jinich, a junior from Timnath, Colo., at her job at a cafe inside Broad Street Books, a popular bookstore.

Justin-Jinich was Jewish. Evidence "suggests that Mr. Morgan may be focused on the Wesleyan University campus as well as the Jewish community," Middletown Police Chief Lynn Baldoni Baldoni said at a news conference Thursday. "Investigators have been in contact with Wesleyan University and leaders of the Jewish community, urging both to be extra vigilant."

Local police would only say that the shooting was not a random act, but a New York City police report shows that Morgan allegedly threatened Justin-Jinich in 2007, when they were attending New York University.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090507/ap_on_re_us/us_wesleyan_shooting

[Tempest]

1. Her being Jewish had nothing to do with it

He was her ex-boyfriend.

[Ian David]

2. The cops say they have evidence he may be targeting Jews.

My guess is their evidence includes message posts on Stormfront and/or Free Republic.

[Name removed]

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[Behind the Aegis]

4. And your proof?

[Ian David]

7. The voices in his head told him it's a Zionist plot. And that he's king of Antarctica. n/t

[Tempest]

11. Today's followup

They found a notebook where he specifically said the woman had to die.

And nothing about Jews.

And the fact that no one else was shot.

[Behind the Aegis]

12. Really? I see you provided no link...allow me:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WESLEYAN_SHOOTING?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Police: Wesleyan suspect wrote that it's OK to kill Jews and 'Kill Johanna. She must Die.'

By KATIE NELSON
Associated Press Writer

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- Police responding to the fatal shooting of a Wesleyan University student found a journal with an entry saying "I think it okay to kill Jews and go on a killing spree" and "Kill Johanna. She must Die," according to an arrest warrant released Friday.

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Morgan's father identified his son as the man seen in bookstore surveillance photos and told investigators his son was a loner who kept a journal and was known to make anti-Semitic comments, according to the warrant.

Bolded for your convenience.

[sabra]

5. School: "written threats against "Wesleyan and/or its Jewish students."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/07/connecticut.shooting/?iref=mpstoryview

(CNN) -- A man suspected of killing a Wesleyan University junior may be targeting the university and its Jewish population, Middletown, Connecticut, police said Thursday.

Police have launched a nationwide search for Stephen Morgan, 29, who is suspected of killing Johanna Justin-Jinich.

The young woman was shot and killed Wednesday at a bookstore in Middletown near the Wesleyan campus, police said.

"Evidence uncovered overnight suggests that Mr. Morgan may be focused on the Wesleyan community campus as well as the Jewish community," said Middletown Police Chief Lynn Baldoni, who did not elaborate.

A statement from the university alleges that Morgan had written threats against "Wesleyan and/or its Jewish students."

While Justin-Jinich is a student at Wesleyan and is Jewish, there was another connection between her and her alleged killer, authorities said.

[Ian David]

6. I guess it wasn't AIPAC, despite rantings of those who see Zionist conspiracies behind everything.

Some people really need to get the hell over their Jew-hating before they end up just like the guy who did this.

[cali]

8. I detest bigots

and the idiot blaming this on AIPAC and suggesting that AIPAC was somenow involved, is nothing but a loony anti-semite. sickening.

[Ian David]

9. I was going to blame The Amish. Notice how you never see them on TV denying this stuff. n/t

[laststeamtrain]

10. It's the Wesleyan/social justice theology come home to roost!

:sarcasm: