Tony48219 and AsiaMcGowan dead in tragic murder/suicide.

A student fatally shot a female classmate before turning the gun on himself Friday in an apparent murder-suicide that prompted a lockdown at a community college west of Detroit, police said.

The bodies of Asia McGowan, 20, of Ecorse (http://www.youtube.com/user/asiamcgowan), and Anthony Powell, 28, of Detroit (TheProdigyTony48219 his account is now closed), were discovered inside a classroom at a Henry Ford Community College building after police responded to an emergency call of an assault and shortly afterward reports of a shot being fired on campus, said Dearborn Deputy Police Chief Gregg Brighton.

As officers entered the MacKenzie Fine Arts Center, they heard another gunshot, Brighton said.

Powell apparently used a shotgun to kill McGowan and himself, police said.

They took at least one class together — a theater course that had met earlier in the day, Brighton said. Police did not believe anyone else was in the room at the time of the shooting.

The 17,000-student commuter school sent alerts through an e-mail and cell phone system and locked down the campus, said Marjorie Swan, Henry Ford's vice president/controller.

"Nothing like this has ever occurred on campus," Swan said.

The lockdown later was lifted but classes for the rest of the day were canceled, as were Saturday's classes.

The shooting happened on Good Friday, and the campus wasn't as busy as usual, based on how full the parking lots were, Swan said.

"Our hearts go out to the family and the friends of the young woman who lost her life today," she said.

Turahn McGowan said his daughter was "beautiful, an aspiring actress and dancer" who had planned to try out for the Fox television competition "So You Think You Can Dance."

A call to a phone number listed for Anthony Powell in Detroit wasn't immediately answered Thursday night.

Christian Plonka, a 12-year-old who attends a theater program in the building, said he heard "one gunshot, and I saw someone getting pulled back into the room they were in."

Christian and other students in the program ran into a parking lot at the adjacent University of Michigan-Dearborn campus, where they waited until police allowed them to leave.

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[kingbooforums]

she was killed because she was a atheist.

[necromx]

This is your brain on Religion......

[goodchild181]

I know this happened almost 3 yrs ago but I'm just learning of this why did he kill her did they have beef on YouTube

[NorthCitySider]

@FoxOutsideBox

The overwhelming, vast majority ofChristians are okay. This guy was a nutjob however.

Personally, I would like it if the extremists of all religions would just kill each other off. However, they just love to get sane people involved in their crap.

[thogz777]

0:42 is this a fucking trollface i see?

[thegameulost]

@bkbbowling

Because the criminals won't illegally purchase and carry firearms, terrorizing civilians whenever the cops aren't standing right there? Funny thing about criminals, they tend to break the law.

[Megaritz]

@kingbooforums I think it's a perfectly valid speculation, but I wouldn't say it's "perfectly obvious." As we know, he was a raving misogynist in addition to being a ranting atheist-hater, and he probably had many other issues. Prejudice against atheists is rampant, but as much as I'd like to point to something like this and say "Yousee-yousee? Atheists are being victimized, just lookatthis!" I have not seen strong evidence that was the case here.

[kingbooforums]

@Megaritz  well it's pretty obvious he did.

[Megaritz]

@kingbooforums I looked for a story to support the notion that Anthony Powell killed Asia McGowan because she was an atheist or even that McGowan WAS an atheist. I didn't find any. Powell was a man who was full of hate for women as well as atheists. There are other possible motives. I'm pretty sure nobody knows the real reason for the killing, unless you've got a link that says otherwise. (I know you posted the comment 2 years ago; I apologize for bothering you if you don't remember.)

[FoxOutsideBox]

Fuck this guy. One more dead christian sounds good to me. When you ignore science and reality, this is what happens.

[Yujifanik]

@ValiantVendetta Exactly! because they've convinced themselves that if Humanity is whats getting in the way of their faith, than Humanity must be put aside(or put down)!

Its so horrifying that only something equally horrifying can describe it...

Like this... /watch?v=UWysmYKWpFk

[ValiantVendetta]

@Yujifanik Well, religious fanatics seemed to kill people just fine before the advent of gunpowder.