Friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev "Shocked" at Events, UMass Dartmouth Shut Down

From the Guardian:

The younger suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was enrolled at UMass Dartmouth, which has shut down its campus and where friends describe themselves as shocked, the Boston Globe reports:

On its webpage, the school posted a stark message: “UMass Dartmouth has learned that a person being sought in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing has been identified as a student registered at UMass Dartmouth. The campus is closed. Individuals on campus should shelter in place unless instructed otherwise.”

In a telephone interview, Pamala Rolon, a UMass Dartmouth senior at and a resident assistant at the Pine Dale dorms, said she knew Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the past year and finds it incredulous that he played any role in the bombs at the Boston marathon.

“He studied. We hung out with me and my friends,” she said Friday morning. “I’m in shock.”

Rolon, 22, said the 300 or so students at the dorm were evacuated this morning by school authorities.