Suspect Charged in Wiley College Student Slaying

MARSHALL (AP) – An East Texas man has been charged in the fatal shooting of a Wiley College student during an off-campus argument that left another student wounded. A Marshall police arrest affidavit says the dispute allegedly involved gambling and money owed. Harrison County jail records show 19-year-old Javonte Damone Sanders of Marshall was being held Tuesday on a murder charge with bond at $1 million.

Records don’t list an attorney for Sanders, who’s charged in Saturday’s death of 22-year-old Wesley Blackmon of Houston. Wiley College spokeswoman Tammy Taylor said Tuesday that the incident happened during an unsanctioned, off-campus function. She says Blackmon was a transfer student on the basketball team. Taylor says the wounded male student is recovering. Wiley College is a liberal arts school in Marshall.