CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The husband of a provost at the College of Charleston was shot and killed Friday morning in a robbery along a street of upscale shops and restaurants just weeks after moving to South Carolina, authorities said.
Tom DiLorenzo was walking with his wife several blocks south of the college campus around 6:15 a.m. when he was shot. His wife was not hurt, College of Charleston President Andrew Hsu wrote in an open letter to the school.
Two men approached the couple on King Street and one of them with a gun demanded money, Charleston Police spokesman Charles Francis said.
DiLorenzo, 63, died a short time later at the hospital, authorities said.
Surveillance video recorded the two men who robbed DiLorenzo leaving with a third man in a 2005 silver Acura with a South Carolina licence tag “SPM 409,” Francis said.
No arrests have been made, Francis said.
DiLorenzo and his wife, Suzanne Austin, moved to South Carolina weeks ago as Austin started her new job as provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at the College of Charleston, Hsu said in his letter.
DiLorenzo retired in June after seven years as provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of North Dakota, Hsu said.
The college is offering counseling to anyone who needs it.
“This act of violence against one of our community members is deeply unsettling, and in this season of constant hardships, the pain and shock may seem unbearable,” Hsu said.
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