MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A University of Memphis student was fatally shot on campus and classes were canceled Monday, police said.
"We found him with a bullet wound to the body and the ambulance took him to the hospital where he was pronounced [dead]," said Roger Prewitt, a Memphis Police inspector.
WMC-TV and WVLT identified the victim as Memphis defensive lineman Taylor Bradford, a junior transfer from Samford University. Bradford was a member of the Tigers' defensive scout team last season, but had not played this season, WVLT said.
Neither police nor the university have identified Bradford as the victim. University Police Maj. Ray Craft said the student was shot about 10 p.m. Sunday, but he would not give the identity of the student or any other details.
"There was an incident on our campus last night that may have involved a current or former football player," said Bob Winn, associate athletic director at University of Memphis.
The student had apparently walked out of his dormitory late Sunday and was in his car when he was shot, WMC-TV reported. The car ran into a tree a short distance from the campus, the station reported.
According to WVLT, Memphis football coach Tommy West arrived on the scene as well as dozens of other players.
The Memphis football team is scheduled to play host to Marshall on Tuesday night (ESPN2, 8 ET).
The university had 20,562 students enrolled for last fall, according to its Web site.
The school was founded in 1912 as West Tennessee State Normal School and was renamed Memphis State College in 1941. It became Memphis State University in 1957, two years before it admitted its first black students. It was renamed the University of Memphis in 1994.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
Source: ESPN.com
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