Johanna Justin-Jinich ‘10 was killed by a gunman early this afternoon while working at her job in the Red & Black Cafe.
Our deepest condolences to Johanna’s friends and family for this stunning loss. More information is being posted as it comes in. From the Hartford Courant:
Johanna Justin-Jinich, of Fort Collins, Colo., was shot several times at the Red and Black Café inside Broad Street Books. Her assailant, described as thin white man, then fled on foot and remains at large.
[...] “This is a devastating loss for Johanna’s family, friends and for the entire Wesleyan community,” Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth wrote. “Our hearts go out to all those who grieve for Johanna, and we hope all can find comfort in the support of friends, teachers and classmates.”
Wesleyan students had planned a candlelight vigil Wednesday night to remember Justin-Jinich, but in a broadcast email to the Wesleyan community shortly before 7 p.m., officials warned against any such gathering.
Staff from the Office of Behavioral Health are available via the 24 hour on-call system by calling 860-685-2910.
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video footage of the shooter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwVzx4gg-OU&feature=channel
anyone else see the little smiley face…? what?
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Police have identified the man as 29-year-old Stephen Morgan, who is still armed and on the loose. Middletown police say Morgan shot and killed 22-year-old Wesleyan Junior Johanna Justin-Jinich who is from an area near Fort Collins, Colorado.
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/news_wtnh_middletown_shooting_incident_at_wesleyan_200905061328
So did they or did they not know each other, and why is the guy still on the loose?! Why haven’t they found him yet?!
“Steven Morgan”
Gun man-Steve Morgan
gunman-Steve Morgan
so they didn’t know each other?
Rest in peace Johanna. I didn’t know her, but I can’t believe how cute and beautiful she looks in that picture… *sigh…
and now, she’s gone. this should be a wake up call for all of us, and we should remind ourselves of the temporary nature of this life, so that we can live everyday as if its our last. and most importantly, we always make the most of our loved ones while they are still here.
:’(
Pretty girl gets shot by ugly or average looking guy. Oh what a horrible tragedy.
Of course interviews and tributes will say she was perfect, wonderful, a saint.
I wonder what she did back in NY to screw this guy over.
Paul – whoever you are – im pretty sure you are not from here and you don’t understand how tragic and hard things are for the general wesleyan community and students right now. I would advise you to please avoid talking about someone who just died, and show some respect.
Its true there are always two sides of a story, and we don’t know who did what to whom. its possible she did or said things to him that “screwed him over”. but its none of our concerns. we have sick people everywhere in this sick american society we live in, and this will never change until the people acknowledge the diseases of this society and decide to change their own conditions. but right now there is a murderer and a victim, and that’s it. lets please respect the dead.
Why? No possible reason. If he is the same individual who posted on soc.men newsgroup, I hope the police catch him soon. He is an angry, violent man.
http://bon-accordian.blogspot.com/
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Soc/soc.men/2006-09/msg01090.html
http://www.geocities.com/grauniad2liberty/
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paul thats realy in bad taste, she is/was a realy beautiful girl….seems like inside and out…..i am sure he had a thing 4 her and could not deal with it, plus other issues……i know you always here how great the person was, but in this case-it realy seems that she was a great girl and not sure what someone would have to do to deserve this…….
Paul…..whether she said or did anything at all,and its quite possible she didn’t, it doesn’t warrant taking her life! what an ignorant statement that was to make….i certainly hope her friends and family don’t have to read that!
It just saddens me that someone’s baby was killed. She was a young woman starting her life and now it is over. So Sad.
Paul – What you had to say was too awful for me to know how to respond. It sounds like you have some anger issues with women. The fact is that you simply don’t know what she was like. But you do know, I hope, that it’s wrong to shoot people, regardless.
The May 8 New York Times article “Lives of Wesleyan Student and Her Stalker Collide” provides some information about Ms. Justin-Jinich’s life and character. Perhaps those who knew her can elaborate. For example, were there charitable organizations she supported to which we might contribute in her memory?
Rest in peace Johanna. God certainly got an angel when he called you home
Another person in extreme need of mental health services with tragic results. It could have been any one of us………..
“pretty girl gets shot by ugly or average looking guy. what a horrible tragedy. I wonder what she did back in NY to screw this guy over.”
whoever you are, deal with your personal issues in a more productive way. I went to high school with johanna, and this shouldn’t have happened, not to her.
really these gun-toting nerds need some emotional intelligenct.
I HATE HATE
This should be a stern lesson to the Harassment Filing Junkies that run this country.
Do not you use your power and Feminist privilege to file a frivolous harassment charge against men.
I pray that her family will find comfort from God. It’s difficult to know what to say. I just want them to find God’s peace.
Gunter-
who could you ever say such a thing as that. you did not know her or her situation. she was not the type to file false claims. i went to school with her for four years, she was a smart, intelligent person. this is something no one who knew her would have ever expected o happen to her. she is/was what you hear people discribing her as. she was a wonderful person and you are a sexist ASS to assume that all women are filling false claims. grow up
Julez,
Look at the EEOC on harassment charges and see what percentage of those claims are unfounded. Who files most of these claims? WOMEN.
It’s funny that in all the emails used as evidence in that harassment charge that was not pursued, the media found only one “threatening” sentence that said Johnna didn’t take criticism well and would have trouble down the road.
She was your friend, she has just died, and it is custom to honor the victim in a slaying. You have every reason to be bias, but I have no such connection or sentiment.
If someone uses their female privilege to humiliate and ruin a man because she “decides” to construe something trivial or innocuous as harassment, then she is open to the bad karma that follows such a treacherous act.
There are some important insights regarding this case in Katha Pollitt’s article “Unnatural Born Killer,” The Nation, June 1, 2009, p. 10, available here:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090601/pollitt
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