Johanna Justin-Jinich Murder Suspect In Custody

UPDATE: Suspect Is In Custody

The accused gunman in the deadly shooting of a Wesleyan University junior wrote “Kill Johanna. She must Die” and “I think it’s ok to kill Jews and go on a killing spree” in his journal and left it at the crime scene, according to an arrest warrant.

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Morgan was arrested Thursday night after seeing his photo in a newspaper and asking a convenience store clerk to call police.

Officers found him standing outside the store, 10 miles from where a man wearing a wig opened fire on Justin-Jinich about 1 p.m. Wednesday.

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Morgan wore a blue prison jumpsuit and handcuffs during his Friday morning arraignment in Middletown Superior Court. At times during the proceedings, he hung his head, frowned or nodded.

Morgan’s bond was increased from $10 million to $15 million. Another hearing to review the amount was scheduled for May 19.

Morgan’s journals contained threats against Jews and mentioned plans for a shooting spree at Wesleyan, police said.

It prompted fears that Morgan was bent on a repeat of the 2007 shootings at university Virginia Tech, in which a deranged student killed 32 people and himself.

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The massive manhunt for the man accused of killing a Wesleyan University junior is over.

Stephen Morgan, wanted by Middletown police in the shooting death Wednesday of 21-year-old Johanna Justin-Jinich, was in a convenience store in Meriden when he apparently saw his photograph on the front page of a newspaper.

Morgan then told the store clerk to call 911, a law enforcement official said. Meriden police picked Morgan up and took him to police headquarters. He was then turned over to police from nearby Middletown.

Middletown police have been leading an intensive investigation into the Wednesday afternoon killing of Justin-Jinich, who was working in a cafe at a Middletown bookstore.

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Original Story

Authorities hunting for a gunman who killed a Wesleyan University student he knew said he’d threatened her before, and they warned Jews to be on alert because he is targeting them. The family of 29-year-old suspect Stephen Morgan urged him to turn himself in “to avoid any further bloodshed.” Morgan allegedly opened fire Wednesday on junior Johanna Justin-Jinich while she was working at a cafe bookstore. The pair had attended a program together at New York University when Morgan began sending Justin-Jinich harassing e-mails, according to a New York City police report.

Diana Morgan, Stephen Morgan’s youngest sister, read a prepared statement to reporters outside the family’s home in Marblehead, Mass., but did not take questions. “Turn yourself in right now to any law enforcement agency wherever you are to avoid any further bloodshed,” she read. The family says they are “shocked and sickened by the tragedy” in Middletown, Conn. They say they are cooperating with investigators but don’t know where Morgan is. Morgan allegedly wrote about targeting Wesleyan and its Jewish students in his journal, university student affairs vice president Mike Whaley told the Hartford Courant. Justin-Jinich, 21, was Jewish. “This was not a random act of violence,” Middletown, Conn., Police Chief Lynn Baldoni told reporters Thursday. “Evidence uncovered overnight suggests that Mr. Morgan may be focused on the Wesleyan campus as well as the Jewish community.”