Authorities have released the name of a sport utility vehicle driver shot and killed by someone in another vehicle -- an incident that led to a college campus lockdown in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Students at Widener University received a message from the college around 11 a.m. Thursday about a shooting at 12th Street and Melrose in Chester, Pa. -- a short distance from campus.
"Please remain inside until further notice," tweeted the university.
Police and university spokespeople said that after being shot inside his sports utility vehicle at 12th Street and Melrose Avenue, which is across Interstate 95 from the campus, the man drove up Melrose to 14th Street where he stumbled out of the vehicle.
The section of the street where the man collapsed runs through Widener’s campus.
The Daily Local News reports that the Delaware County medical examiner's office identified the victim as 22-year-old Javon Williams of Chester.
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Police said he was driving an SUV Thursday morning in Chester when another vehicle pulled alongside and someone inside opened fire, hitting him multiple times.
Williams drove away and stopped a few blocks away, staggering away from his vehicle and collapsing on the sidewalk. He was pronounced dead at Crozer-Chester Medical Center.
As SkyForce10 hovered overhead in the moments after the shooting you could see police vehicles in the area and an SUV being loaded onto a tow truck.
The university lifted its shelter in place order after about 30 minutes.
This wasn't the first time this school year that gun violence struck the Widener community. In January, a student was shot as he sat inside his car in the lot of the Schwartz Athletic Center.
