Elizabeth Howell murder: SUNY Potsdam cancels classes; off-campus shooting deemed 'random act of violence'
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Classes were canceled Monday at upstate New York’s SUNY Potsdam to allow students and faculty time to grieve following the fatal off-campus shooting of 21-year-old college senior Elizabeth Howell.
Michael J. Snow, 31, of Massena, New York, was arrested Saturday afternoon and charged with second-degree murder. Following an arraignment hearing in the Town of Potsdam Court, he was remanded to St. Lawrence County Jail with no bail. Snow was neither a student nor an employee nor a graduate of the institution, SUNY spokeswoman Alexandra Jacobs Wilke confirmed to Fox News Digital.
Authorities have released few details about a potential motive. A preliminary investigation determined the shooting appeared to be an "isolated incident," the St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office said Saturday. New York State Police appealed to the public on Sunday for information about anyone who may have spotted Snow or a gray Honda Civic bearing the New York registration KVE2731 between the hours of 5-8 p.m. Friday.