SAVANNAH, Georgia -- As Savannah State University President Cheryl Dozier took the podium in front of Hill Hall late Friday morning, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation forensics truck was parked in front of the school’s police department.
“The Savannah State University family is grieving today,” she told reporters and faculty members in the wake of the Thursday night slaying of 22-year-old student Christopher Starks on campus. “Each of our students’ lives are precious and valued. It is a sad day any time a life is taken by senseless violence, and this is a particularly sad day for the Savannah State University family.”
Starks, a junior from Stone Mountain, died at Memorial University Medical Center after being shot at 9:15 p.m. during a fight in the university’s Student Union, said Cathy Sapp, the special agent in charge of the GBI’s local office.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Starks was an aspiring musician who started his college career at Appalachian State University on a football scholarship.
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