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Emergency alert cancelled, gunman remains at large |
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Monday, 03 March 2008 |
 The alleged gunman broke into an apartment Monday afternoon in the Appalachian South Apartment Complex. Photo by Derek DeSha
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by STAFF REPORTS
The alleged gunman broke into a senior Appalachian State University student’s Appalachian South apartment before 3:15 p.m.
The renter of the apartment, senior English major Matthew W. Haney, said he walked into his apartment this afternoon and saw a man wearing a Pink Floyd T-shirt and holding a handgun.
Upon seeing the man, Haney said he ran from his apartment and drove to the Appalachian South Management Co.
“I saw [the gunman was holding something] small metallic and black,” Haney said. “That’s really all I really took in. It was a gun. It was small. It was metallic. It was black. I ran. I think I startled him because he turned around and had a gun out and he was wearing the mask.
 Sgt. Jim Wilson and Master Police Officer T.J. Proffit dust for fingerprints at the entrance of Matthew W. Haney's Appalachian South apartment. Photo by Derek DeSha
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“I just kind of turned and ran…and as soon as I got in my car he just came running out and went [down the hill beside the apartments].”
Haney’s description of the man matched that of University Police.
“He was wearing a Pink Floyd T-shirt, that is one thing I do remember,” he said.
“He was wearing one of those prism shirts. That’s the one thing I do remember. He was wearing a dark side of the moon Pink Floyd T-shirt and wearing a dark coat, dark mask, blue jeans.”
If you have any other information relating to the gunman, please call The Appalachian's office at (828) 773-2021.
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