Update at 2:15 p.m. ET: Here is an excerpt from Wesleyan University President Michael Roth's blog today regarding the incident:
As most readers of this blog will know, Wesleyan has suffered an unspeakable loss. Johanna Justin-Jinich was shot to death while at work at the Red and Black Cafe on the corner of William and High Streets. Police have reasons to believe that the alleged gunman, now identified as Stephen Morgan, had known the victim in the past. They also have evidence of his hostility to the Wesleyan community, and to Jews, as expressed in his personal writings.
We are in mourning, and our thoughts and prayers go out to Johanna’s friends and family. My office and our emergency team is also focused on keeping our community safe. We are working closely with the Middletown Police Department, and I am very grateful for their assistance.
Classes are over, and we have canceled all special events. We are deploying additional security and instructing students to remain indoors. We continue to re-assess the safety context with the help of appropriate authorities.
Update at 2:05 p.m. ET: The university has released this photograph taken by a store security camera of the suspect:
Police say a man wanted in a bookstore killing in Connecticut may be targeting Wesleyan University and Jews and have urged students to stay locked in their dorms, the Associated Press reports.
The only synagogue in Middletown, Conn., has also been closed.
Police are looking for 29-year-old Stephen Morgan who they believe disguised himself with a wig and shot a 21-year-old junior in a cafe inside a popular local bookstore.
The victim, Johanna Justin-Jinich, from Colorado, was Jewish. Middletown's police chief says evidence suggests that Morgan "may be focused on the Wesleyan University campus as well as the Jewish community," the AP reports.
Local police would only say that the shooting was not a random act, but a New York City police report shows that Morgan allegedly threatened Justin-Jinich in 2007, when they were attending New York University, the AP reports.
Greg Morgan, the suspect's brother, tells the AP that his family is "absolutely distraught" and hopes police find him. He says the family wants to be sure "no one else gets hurt."
(Photos from Wesleyan University; photo on right via AP)