Delts, Ball State, angry blacks, gunfire

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(It's unknown if Haskins or Engler are Delts)

Student arrested for frat gunfire

Associated Press
April 8, 2005
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MUNCIE, Ind. -- A Ball State University student was arrested early today after firing 13 shots into the air in an effort to break up a fight outside a fraternity house.
Ricky C. Haskins faces charges of criminal recklessness with a handgun and possession of a handgun without a permit. He was released after posting a $1,250 cash bond.
The 22-year-old, who had been inside the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house, told police he witnessed a fight outside and tried to break it up about 2:15 a.m. Friday.
When he was ignored, he walked into the middle of a street, pulled his 9mm Ruger pistol out of his back pocket and fired a full magazine into the air, he told police.
No one was injured when the bullets struck the ground, said Sgt. Steve Cox of the Muncie Police Department
According to police reports, several partygoers believed they were kicked out of the party by the mainly white fraternity because they were black.
After leaving, some in the group threw beer bottles at the house and hit a student, Jake Engler, 21, in the back of the head when he confronted them, according to reports.
Engler was treated at Ball Memorial Hospital for a cut that required eight staples, the report said.