Councilman Jewell’s newphew arrested for VUU shooting

From the RTD: A Richmond city councilman’s nephew is being held without bond today in the malicious wounding of a Virginia Union University student early Sunday. Jamir Lee Jewell, whose uncle is Councilman E. Martin Jewell, was arrested Sunday about 1:15 a.m. — minutes after a student was shot in front of Newman Hall, an all-female dormitory […]

September 1, 2009; 5:10 PM • by North Richmond News

From the RTD:

A Richmond city councilman’s nephew is being held without bond today in the malicious wounding of a Virginia Union University student early Sunday.

Jamir Lee Jewell, whose uncle is Councilman E. Martin Jewell, was arrested Sunday about 1:15 a.m. — minutes after a student was shot in front of Newman Hall, an all-female dormitory on the northern edge of campus near Brook and Graham roads. Jamir Jewell is not a VUU student.

A couple of interesting takeaways from the article:

“At least a half-dozen students have been shot or stabbed on or near the VUU campus in the past decade, according to news reports. The school has sought for years to control access to the campus, especially from nearby neighborhoods with histories of violence. A fence encircling the campus is under construction.” Is this a “large” number? What is the number for VCU?
The article criticises VUU’s emergency alert system: alerts went out a half an hour after Jewell had been arrested.
2/3 of the officers who responded are not authorized to cary weapons but still managed to contain the situation.

We covered the shooting earlier here.