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  • Masked male intruder was also shot dead in the Long Island shooting
  • Police were alerted when another woman in the home was allowed out to get cash from an ATM - but instead called authorities
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 06:55 EST, 17 May 2013 | UPDATED: 09:56 EST, 17 May 2013
A Hofstra University sorority girl has been shot dead after a masked, armed intruder forced his way into the home she shared with college friends.

The male suspect was also shot dead at the home on California Avenue near the university campus in Uniondale, Long Island, New York in the early hours of Friday morning.
The female student, who has not been named, lived at the house with sorority sisters and was home with two other girls and a male when the intruder broke in.
Police said the suspect, who was not a student, was armed with a handgun and wearing a ski mask.
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Scene: A Hofstra University student has been shot dead after a masked intruder broke into her home
He allowed one of the women to leave the home to withdraw money from an ATM and she called 911, Nassau County Deputy Inspector Kenneth Lack told NBC New York.
Nassau County police responded to the scene at 2:30 a.m. and shots were arrived when they arrived. Lack said it is not clear who fired, and said he could not comment on whether the girl died from gun shots fired by the suspect or by the police.
One of the victim's friends told NBC that she was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority and lived with her sorority sisters at the home.
Victoria Dehel, who lives four houses away, said she had heard what sounded like fighting coming from the home. She ignored it as first, believing it was rowdy students coming home from a bar.

But then 'this girl was shrieking,' she said, and loud bangs followed just seconds later.
'It didn’t sound good at all,' Dehel said. 'I turned to my boyfriend and I said, "I think someone just got murdered." It was awful.'

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Scene: The girl was home with two other females and a male when the break in took place around 2.30am

Neighbors told CBS New York that they heard cries for help from the home.

'I came home last night ten minutes before it happened and I heard screams,' one woman said. 'I ran outside and police officers were like, "go back inside your house, go back inside your house".'

On Friday morning, Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz released a statement condemning the shooting as a 'senseless act of violence'.
'The Nassau County Police have notified us that early this morning a Hofstra student was killed during a tragic crime which took place in a rental house off campus,' the statement read.
'The police investigation is ongoing, and we do not yet know all of the relevant details. What we do know is that a young member of the Hofstra family has been taken from us in a senseless act of violence.'
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Home: The victim lived at the home which is just a block from the university campus with sorority sisters

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Campus: The private university, on Long Island in New York, has nearly 13,000 students

Friday is the last day of exams for students at the university and graduation is being held on Sunday, but Rabinowitz added that the ceremonies would go ahead as scheduled.
'The accomplishments of our graduates must be recognized, and together our community will heal and find the strength to move forward,' he said.

Hofstra University is a private college on Long Island, New York. Nearly 13,000 students attend the university, which is about 25 miles east of New York City.
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