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EP: 152 VSU vs Penn State

39m | Aug 19, 2026

In northern Michigan, a gunman killed five people on Friday, prompting a manhunt that ended when the shooter was found dead beside one of his victims. Separately, police in Petersburg, Virginia, arrested a 19-year-old suspect on Saturday after an overnight shooting at Virginia State University that left five people injured — one of them critically — just hours after officials welcomed freshmen to campus. According to the Gun Violence Archive, the U.S. has seen at least 305 mass shootings since the start of the year.

According to the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Dave Sunday, the high-level drug operation was centered around two off-campus fraternities: Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon.

The operation relied on a continuous pipeline of narcotics brought to State College from New York and Philadelphia. Abbatiello, an accounting major who had previously made the dean's list, allegedly used Snapchat to coordinate multi-kilo deals and launder the proceeds. The grand jury investigation revealed that the operation sold bulk quantities primarily to other students, fraternity brothers, and acquaintances at off-campus parties.


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