Shots Fired On Texas Campus: ; Shooter, 19-Year-Old Sophomore at Ut Austin, Kills Self; None Injured in Campus Rampage

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AUSTIN, Texas - A student wearing a dark suit and a ski mask opened fire Tuesday with an assault rifle on the University of Texas campus before fleeing into a library and fatally shooting himself. No one else was hurt.

The shooting began near a fountain in front of the UT Tower - the site of one of the nation's deadliest shooting rampages more than four decades ago, when a gunman ascended the clock tower and fired down on dozens of people.

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Shots Fired On Texas Campus: ; Shooter, 19-Year-Old Sophomore at Ut Austin, Kills Self; None Injured in Campus Rampage

Within hours of Tuesday's gunfire, the school issued an all- clear notice, but the university remained closed, and the area around the library was still considered a crime scene.

"Our campus is safe," school President Bill Powers sai...

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