Student Shot to Death at Rice University in Apparent Murder-Suicide

A junior at the Houston school, she was found dead in her room alongside the body of her suspected shooter, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Students walk to class at Rice University in Houston on Aug. 29, 2022. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

A female student at Rice University in Houston was found shot to death in her dorm room on Monday, along with the body of a suspect believed to be her boyfriend, according to police and university officials.

Rice University President Reginald DesRoches said that Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a junior, was found dead in her dorm room at about 4:30 p.m. when university police responded to a request for a welfare check.