Arrow + Knives Used To Kill Three

Casper College in Wyoming was the site of the killing of two and a suicide in a morning of violence. An official says three people (two males, one female) are dead, including one faculty member, in what city officials say were attacks with a "sharp edged weapon" at the college and in a nearby neighborhood on the morning (9 am local time) of November 30, 2012, the Casper Star Tribune reported.

President Walt Nolte and city officials say a non-student suspect killed a faculty member in a classroom on the third floor of the Wold Physical Science Center and another victim elsewhere in Casper, and then committed suicide.According to the Star Tribune, Casper Police Chief Chris Walsh said two were dead at the science center and another at a different location in Casper, but that location wasn't identified. Walsh said no suspects are at large and no one else was injured.

Police said the weapon used in the attack appeared to be a "bow and arrow type," according to NBC affiliate KCWY.

Casper College is a two-year community college in Wyoming's second-largest city. Casper, population 56,000, is about 250 miles northwest of Denver.

The town of Casper's name is due to the violence history locally. Native American attacks increased after the Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado in 1864, bringing more troops to the local Fort Caspar, which was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel William O. Collins. In July 1865, Lieutenant Caspar Collins (the son of Colonel Collins) was killed near the post by a group of Indian warriors. Three months later the garrison was renamed Fort Caspar after Lieutenant Collins. In 1867, the troops were ordered to abandon Fort Caspar in favor of Fort Fetterman downstream on the North Platte along the Bozeman Trail. The reason why the town is named Casper, instead of Caspar honoring the memory of Fort Caspar and Lt. Caspar Collins, is due to a typo that occurred when the town's name was officially registered.