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4 .. \.y-< : ; Volume LXX No. 11 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Sept. 22, 1980 Woman's h RV John X/mmhAn Staff Writer A 22-year-old USC student and a 31-yearold man were shot Saturday at the student's Woodland Terrace Apartment. Police arrested and charged the student's estranged husband. i ne student, Althea W. Coleman, was recovering Sundi y after undergoing surgery to her hand, and Steven Coleman, no relation, was listed in critical condition a< Richland Memorial Hospital. He had been shot in the abdomen. Police arrested Jerod C. Coleman, 24, of 1030 Howe St., and charged him with two counts of assault and battery with intent to Kill. He allegedly fired one shot from a .357 Magnum. The bullet went through Steven Coleman's abdomen, exited his back and ricocheted off the front door, floor and wall before striking Althea Coleman in the right hand. ALTHEA COLEMAN RAN to another apartment and called police, who arrested her husband minutes later at a nparhv convenience store. According to a Campus Police report, the suspect came to the back door of Apartment 22-D at 1:18 p.m. Saturday. Althea Coleman invited him in. Steven Coleman was also ir New routes may she Shuttle set By Walter Allread byg coordi sta? writer Graham sa An "express service" service wouli hn? that vunnlH rnn V..W ? X/V..V4 t M?* Oiup HUC^ II non-stop from the coliseum since more to Bates House and Capstone parking on i is being considered by the campus, university for early morning Baker sai< and lunch hours, according when studenl to university parking of- in the morni ficials. other optior Danny Baker, a USC because of tl parking official, and shuttle number of pe .vww. . M * .7 :;:]i:r ? *,,M " ifcv ^wosyxiwi^w v-+- Yifarr<ft?? k yrrypfi "? * few**.-. ... The Shuttle-cock waits for its next run non-stop from the coliseum to B voman l j icr? I uou iusband arrested the apartment. The suspect pulled out a gun l i-i i it - - anu iuiu me pair 10 gei out. As they were about to leave, he fired the shot. "My mistake was allowing him to comt in," Althea Coleman said Sunday. "He had come around before about tne children, but I thought this time it would be all right." She said she and her husband have been CQnorif A/I f/Ar? A ovpaiuicu iui suiliu 11I11C, UI1U II11S WHS IlOl the first time he had bothered her about their children, Jerod Jr., 3, and Souizette, 2. The children and Althea Coleman's sister were asleep in the apartment during the shooting. WHEN POLICE ARKESTEI) Jerod Coleman, the two children were with him. Lt. Carl Craig, of the Campus Police Investigations Division said Jerod Coleman stole the gun Saturday morning when he broke into the business where he worked. Jerod Coleman is being held in the Richland <^ouiuy ueienuon uenier on an $80,000 bond. No preliminary trial date has been set. Althea Coleman said neither she nor Steven Coleman argued or did anything to make Jerod Coleman angry. The student said her husband had physically abused her many times. But with Steven Coleman and me others in the apartment with her, she i said, she didn't expect the attack. >rten waiting lines 'vice plans n inator Randy THE SHUTTLE SYSTEM, I id an express now in its second year, costs J d reduce the bus about $90,000 a year. That < lat have grown figure includes leasing costs students began and salaries, said Baker. 1 the outskirts of rrv-.^ ?. 1 1IV OJOICIII Clll^iuys 11 J student drivers and four c i, "Quite often temporary full-time drivers. 1 ts get here early He said the express service i ing, there is no would not add to the cost of i but to walk the service. 1 hie rush and the People with good driving I ople waiting." records and some ex- ? m S: , ? I J ? u u Mgajfflarc V " W?^wapwe^ run around campus. An "express service' lates House and Capstone. (Photo by Kevin ? illlli?llll ^ f%tt'. > U - ' fl : S ' USC Police check fron t At n am Cn?i vv^/f Vfun wur o UUCi on-stoj jerience with buses are Dreferred, he said, but a :lean record isn't a must. "We're not like the FBI. Sverybody probably has a speeding ticket or something >n their record, but they do lave to be approved by the mi/ersity's motor pool." Accident*; involving thn )uses have been minor, Saker said. "There might be i few cases of someone's ^ I 1 j i s 3; I I jjjl jgjgl jjpj . ' v 'ffl: ...... SflgMM / makmmM ] Emi | hHHHHH ' is being considered to rvnnauri/ > 0 / W? t chor of the Coleman apartm trday. (Photo by Kevin Johnsoi o expres mirror getting knocked off or bumping a car," he said, adding that many of the drivers handled larger school buses while in high school. ONE UNIVERSITY BUS, with a 40-passenger capacity, is used as a shuttle, Baker said. "Some of the drivers don't like it when they have to use it. I call it 'The Moose' because it's rather cumbersome." Shuttle coordinator Graham, a physics junior, said some drivers have problems with the big bus because it has a two-speed axle, unlike public school buses. There are eight possible gears, he said. "We haven't heard any complaints," Graham said. Jj One student said he hopes 01 the drivers on the big bus Bknow how to handle the shift "There's a lot of i>eonl<> on I- - ? " I 1 that thing sometimes," he said, "You feel a little funny when the driver can't get it in gear." GKAIIAM SAII) anyone driving a state-owned or operated vehicle is insured Iby the university. Baker said there are no capacity limits in the shuttles. "T try to tell my drivers not to take any more people m the bus after a point where it would hamper their vision," said Baker. "I understand the drivors do ^ try to cram as many people on as possible, but I say it's better to tell someone there's no more room than to have ''r ^ ' ent, where a man and a n) s runs an accident with too many people on one." Bake'r said he and Graham periodically ride the shuttles to get student comments on ine service. T oday at USC nil film: "Metropolis", an allegorical tale of a future society in which workers and upper classes are rigidly separated. with the workers reduced almost to the level of machines* Supporters of Ed Clark, Libertarian presidential candidate, will meet on <Ua ~ll II iiic i\us?ni ntiuskt* patio from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Weather Today: Partly cloudy with highs in the 80s. Tuesday: Partiv cloudy and con tinned warm. High around 90. : Vli UIMUM IM) Ml |J UM U mji'Jl<*^