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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Kade Heather

Unnerved Northwestern University students seek answers, improvements in communication after fatal shooting near campus

Evanston police investigate the scene where three teens were shot, one fatally, in the 1800 block of Sheridan Road at Clark Street Beach near Northwestern University on Wednesday. Students signed a petition Thursday calling for stronger security and communications measures from campus officials. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Northwestern University students launched a petition drive Thursday and voiced concerns about the school’s slow response in notifying students about a shooting near campus that left a man dead and two teens wounded.

Jacquis Irby, 18, of Skokie, was killed and two 15-year-old boys were wounded in the shooting at a beach in Evanston on Wednesday night, according to police.

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