Non-White Law Student Kills White Girlfriend Then Turns the Gun on Himself

Daily Mail
February 7, 2015

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Wajih Mazloum shot and killed Sara LaMont before killing himself, in an apparent murder-suicide near Tulane University.

The deaths of two law students in an apparent murder-suicide has stunned their classmates, who never expected the couple’s tragic end.

Wajih Mazloum, 28, and his girlfriend Sara LaMont, 25, were found dead in their apartment near Tulane University in New Orleans, where both were in their second year of law school.

Investigators believe that Mr Mazloum shot Ms LaMont before turning the gun on himself.

Their bodies were found Sunday morning by the couple’s roommate, along with a handgun near the suspected shooter.

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The couple had lived together in their New Orleans apartment (above) since last year and neighbors had never heard them fight or act aggressively.

The university released a statement saying it is mourning the loss of the boyfriend and girlfriend, who were from Rhode Island and New Jersey respectively and had lived together since last year.

Neighbors said that they did not notice or hear the couple fighting and that Mr Mazloum never acted aggressively towards Ms LaMont.

They were most well known for sitting on their porch balcony, smoking cigarettes and keeping an eye on the happenings of their block.

Friends and professors of Ms LaMont said that the young woman, who was planning on going into sports law, was ‘enormously talented’ and one of the sharpest at the school.

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The Tulane community has suffered from seven untimely deaths so far this academic year, four of which were suicides.

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