ITHACA, N.Y. – One Ithaca College student was fatally
stabbed and a second was injured during a fight on Cornell University's campus,
officials said Sunday.
Police say several hundred
college-age people had attended a student-organized event in Willard Straight
Hall Saturday night and that several fights took place outside after the event
ended. Police discovered both men lying wounded on the ground after they
responded to the scene shortly before 2 a.m.
Ithaca.com reported that
police officers held up a white sheet to shield the victims from the dozens of
bystanders.
Anthony Nazaire, 19, of
Brooklyn, N.Y., was pronounced dead at Cayuga Medical Center. He was a
sophomore at Ithaca's School of Business Administration.
Police said Nazaire was
Ithaca's first homicide victim since December 2011.
"He was a really nice
kid," Ithaca student Amber Edwards told Ithaca.com. "He always had a
smile on his face when I saw him."
The injured student, who was
not identified, was airlifted to SUNY Upstate University Hospital before being
treated and released.
Police said a weapon was
recovered from the scene, though they did not specify what type. No arrests
have been made in the case.
Local news website 14850.com
reported that Saturday night's party was an orientation week gathering hosted
by Cornell's chapter of Omega Psi Phi, a predominently African-American
fraternity.
Investigators said that a
number of partygoers were recording the fight on their phones and appealed for
anyone with footage to come forward. Fox news
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