Student shoots man, then kills self

KEENE, N.H. -- A college student shot and wounded a roommate early yesterday in their off-campus apartment and then killed himself as police talked with him through his closed bedroom door, police said.

Police, prosecutors, and Keene State College officials said the shootings, which started about 12:30 a.m., appeared to have no obvious motive.

Alcohol might have been involved, so an autopsy and toxicology tests were planned on the body of Michael Dyke, 21, a sophomore from Orford, County Attorney Peter Heed said.

He said Dyke "was making some indications of committing suicide" to a third roommate, who was not identified, immediately after Dyke shot Jason Lillibridge, 20, in the buttocks.

Lillibridge, a junior from Norwich, Conn., was in fair condition at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. He fled the apartment and called police.

Helen Gile-Gee, college president, said authorities knew of no criminal record or mental health problems with Dyke.