The man who shot a policeman just outside of Starbucks on the Delmar Loop two years ago was found guilty of first-degree muder and armed criminal action, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The shooter, Todd Shepard, 43, received the verdict on Thursday for the crime committed in Oct., 2008. The case now moves into the penalty phase.

Adriel Johnson, 52, graduated from Washington University in 1979 and continued to have an impact on the lives of the individuals he encountered until the day he died. Johnson, an associate professor of biology from Tuskegee, Ala., was one of three professors killed in Friday’s shootings at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).

The white supremacist who killed a security guard in a shooting at the National Holocaust Museum in June was a graduate of Washington University.

Off-campus crime has become a hot topic at Washington University as several high-profile events grabbed students’ attention and left many of them feeling insecure. Several University students have recently been the victims of theft in areas surrounding the University campus with one high-profile instance involving a gun. And the shooting of Sgt. Michael King on the Delmar Loop did nothing to ease concerns. Though there is no perfect response to crime and students need to be vigilant and sensible, there are a few steps the University could take to make students more secure.

The Missouri Highway Patrol in the Kansas City area has made an arrest of a suspect in the murder of Sergeant Michael King of the University City Police Department. Captain Tim Hull, Director of Public Information for the Missouri State Highway Patrol said that the police have the correct vehicle stopped and have verified the [...]