Youngstown State Fraternity Shooting Leaves One Dead, 11 Wounded

Feb. 6, 2011— -- One person is dead and 11 were wounded after someone opened fire at a Youngstown State University fraternity house, police said.

The shooting happened early today, and Youngstown, Ohio, police said they are still investigating.

"It was a frat party that was going on," Youngstown Police Department Lt. Franklin Palmer said.

Police arrested two men this afternoon, but did not immediately release their names, saying they were continuing to investigate.

The men were each charged with one count of aggravated murder, 11 counts of aggravated assault and one count of shooting into a house.

The two suspects got into an argument at the party, then left and came back and started shooting outside the house, Youngstown police Chief Jimmy Hughes said, according to The Associated Press.

"These guys were in the location for a little while before the shooting occurred," he said. "Something happened that they became unhappy. They had some type of altercation."

There were more than 50 people at the party, and some were as young as 17, Hughes said.

According to YSU officials, the man who was killed, identified by the Mahoning County coroner's office as 25-year-old Jamail E. Johnson, and at least six of the wounded were students at the school.

Johnson was shot in the head and legs, the coroner's office said.

Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams said he was confident the guilty party or parties would be found.

"They will be brought to justice and again, in my opinion, are not fit to exist in a civilized society," he said.

YSU President Cynthia Anderson sent a text alert to the campus community, alerting them to the shooting.

"I want to express my deepest sympathies to the family of the student who died in this tragic act of violence, and to ask everyone to keep him and the other students in their thoughts and prayers," Anderson wrote. "It is a sad day for the YSU family."