While the circumstances in this incident are probably different, there is a law in Arizona known as Shannon’s Law, enacted in 2000, that makes it a felony to discharge firearms randomly into the air. The bullet that struck Jay Morales traveled approximately one mile before hitting him. The incident, which occurred near 37th Avenue and Vermont Avenue, involved a domestic dispute in which multiple gunshots were fired and also injured two victims, an adult male and a teenage female, who were at the scene.īecause of the types of automatic weapons used in this incident, those bullets have the capacity to travel longer distances, especially if fired into the air. We look forward to Jay’s return to campus, and our continued thoughts and prayers are with him and his family as he recovers. As we shared Thursday night, Jay’s family reports that the support he has received from friends on campus has been “overwhelming” and they “are thankful that we have been able to send him to school at GCU.”
While the message is fairly lengthy and comprehensive, we encourage students to read the entire message.įirst and foremost, we are thankful to hear that the GCU student who was injured by the stray bullet, Jay Morales, as well as the two victims who were at the scene near 37th Avenue and Vermont Avenue, only received non-life-threatening injuries and are going to be OK.
In the aftermath of the off-campus incident Wednesday evening that resulted in a stray bullet injuring a GCU student while he was on campus, we want to take this opportunity to share further information with our students and provide updates on what is happening as we move forward.
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