MIDDLETOWN, Conn., May 8 (UPI) -- A suspect in the shooting death of a Wesleyan University student was arraigned Friday and held under a $15 million bond, court officials said.
Stephen Morgan, 29, charged with first-degree murder, stood silently in a blue jump suit during the brief arraignment session in Middletown (Conn.) Superior Court.
Morgan turned himself in to authorities Thursday night and was jailed in Middletown where he is accused of gunning down a woman in a bookstore near the Wesleyan campus.
Johanna Justin-Jinich, 21, who accused Morgan of stalking her two years ago, was working at Broad Street Books, a popular student bookstore, when she was shot several times Wednesday by a gunman wearing a wig.
Morgan, of Marblehead, Mass., surrendered after police initiated a massive search and his family publicly urged him to give up, The Boston Globe reported.
Police responding to the shooting found a journal with an entry saying "I think it okay to kill Jews and go on a killing spree" and "Kill Johanna. She must Die," an arrest warrant released Friday.said.
Police said Morgan was suspected of targeting Wesleyan and its Jewish students.
Morgan also threatened other Wesleyan students and its Jewish community, police said, prompting a lock-down at the university on Thursday.
Justin-Jinich, a Colorado native, complained to police that Morgan had threatened her two years ago when they both took summer classes at New York University.
