Conway - More answers in Sunday night's fatal University of Central Arkansas campus shooting came at a 9 a.m. press conference, and authorities say further information will come over the course of the day as an around-the-clock investigation continues to progress.

University of Central Arkansas Police Department public information officer Rhonda Swindle released the names of the two UCA students killed. They are Ryan Henderson, 18, of Little Rock and Chavares Block, 19, of Dermott. A third man who Swindle said was treated for a gunshot wound to the lower thigh has been identified as Martrevis Norman, who is not a UCA student. Norman was treated at Conway Regional Medical Center Sunday night and released.

It was also revealed by Swindle that the vehicle witnesses said the shooter used to flee the scene was identified and stopped by Sgt. Jamie Boothe of UCAPD three minutes after the initial report of shots fired went across campus police radios at 9:19 p.m. Sunday.

Det. Preston Grumbles of UCAPD said the vehicle, a white, older-model Chevrolet Blazer, contained only one occupant. This as-yet-unnamed individual was taken without incident to UCAPD headquarters for questioning. Information "gathered through witnesses and other sources" led police to the identity of another suspect, Grumbles said, which led this also-unnamed suspect to turn himself in at UCAPD headquarters after midnight. Both suspects have cooperated with investigators during questioning, UCAPD Chief of Police Larry James said.

What relationship or connection, if any, existed between the victims and perpetrators remains unknown except to investigators. "It does not seem at this time that it was a random act, however the exact motive is still being sought in the investigation," he said, also saying that nothing indicates that the shooting was gang-related.

Grumbles also said investigators "don't anticipate it being much longer until we're able to update the media as far as progression of contacting the prosecutor once more with new information that we have obtained in the last hour."

Twelve hours into an investigation conducted by investigators from both CPD and UCAPD working continuously and without sleep, James said authorities "feel like we've got a pretty good picture forming as to what occurred and we are just now trying to follow all the leads to make sure that it takes us to the conclusions that we believe that will take us to.

"Because of all the cooperation, the outstanding resources given to us by local agencies, we've crossed a lot of territory over the last 12 hours," he said later in the press conference. "We continue to look right now at the security of the students on campus. I have brought in additional officers to work the campus on all shifts so that we have a tremendous amount of visibility...we will increase that greatly over the next few days.

Faulkner County Sheriff Karl Byrd told James after the press conference that he would dedicate as many reserve deputies as needed to campus security in coming days. Also, James said the Federal Bureau of Investigation has contacted his office to offer assistance if needed.

Conway Chief of Police A. J. Gary was cautiously optimistic at about noon Monday that the fast-moving investigation could provide "some closure" Monday afternoon to those affected by the shooting.

Swindle emphasized that the campus is secured and safe, and that investigators feel confident that the remaining two suspects have been identified.

"We do feel confident that we know all four suspects, but we have to be careful about what we give out at this time," she said. "We don't want it to interfere with the investigation at this time." Interim UCA President Tom Courtway also stressed that "every possible measure" was, and is, being taken by the consortium of law enforcement agencies that have responded to the crises to ensure the safety of UCA students and workers.

"They've done everything in their power; they've gone in every building, we've put more officers out and our campus is safe," Courtway said. "If I didn't believe that I would not say it.

"We have done everything and we will do everything. The (UCA Board of Trustees) and the administration and the whole campus; we will do everything it takes to ensure the safety of people that come to school here and work here. That's what we're going to do; that's what we have done. This is absolutely something you pray never happens, but it happened. So we're safe. We're going to work and they are going to do their job, and I can assure the families and the students that are going to school here and are coming on this campus for other events that we are gong to do everything humanly possible in our power to ensure their safety and if it means going to the board, looking for other security devices, we are not going to leave one option off the table right now."

On Tuesday, Courtway also said, the university will hold classes as scheduled.

"We are going to make sure that our students, faculty and staff have a completely safe environment to learn and work; that's our number one job. And finally, we're going to class tomorrow. We canceled it today because we think it's the right thing to do, but we intend to have class tomorrow." In addition to emergency workers, Courtway also commended UCA housing staff on their efforts to secure the campus.

"Our housing personnel, across campus, made sure that our residents were safe at this critical time last evening. I can't say enough about the housing staff and the resident assistants who work in the dormitories and residence halls and how professionally they performed at this time. Our students all across campus did what they were told to do: they stayed in their rooms and they were safe."

Swindle also commended resident assistants who performed CPR "and did not hesitate to do so" on one of the victims.

"We hope to meet with them and discuss this incident with them shortly after the (press) conference," Swindle said. "They stepped up to the plate and they helped our officers tremendously as far as with crowd control and assisting (with) medial attention."

(By Joe Lamb, Log Cabin Staff Writer.)