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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Police arrested a man Tuesday in the weekend shootings of five Duquesne University basketball players and hunted for another suspect considered armed and dangerous.
The arrest came after a 19-year-old sophomore was apprehended on weapons-related charges. Police said Brittany Jones helped six men get into a school dance and knew some were armed.
Brandon Baynes and William Holmes, both 18, fired on the players early Sunday after the dance on campus, police said.
Baynes faced an arraignment on charges of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, carrying an unlicensed firearm and criminal conspiracy.
Police issued an arrest warrant for Holmes on the same charges.
Three players remained hospitalized following Sunday's shootings after the dance sponsored by the school's Black Student Union. The most seriously wounded, junior forward Sam Ashaolu, 23, was in critical condition at Mercy Hospital with bullet fragments in his head.
Jones was arrested Monday on charges of reckless endangerment, carrying a firearm without a license and criminal conspiracy. She was arraigned and posted bond Tuesday morning, leaving the Allegheny County Jail out of the view of TV cameras.
According to a criminal complaint, Jones, who is active with the Black Student Union, got a call from a man asking if he and his brother could come to the dance. They arrived with four others about midnight.
Jones told police she became aware that several of the men had guns while walking to the party and they asked Jones if they were going to be "patted down" before entering, authorities said. The doorman allegedly told Jones that partygoers weren't being searched, and the men went into the dance, police said.
It wasn't immediately clear if Baynes and Holmes were part of the group. Police Cmdr. Thomas Stangrecki didn't take questions at a news conference announcing the charges against the men.
In interviews Monday with The Associated Press, several players said the shooter was a non-student unhappy that the woman he accompanied to the dance had talked with a player. The shooter and at least one other man followed the players when they left the dance to walk to their dormitory, they said.
Jones's attorney, James Ecker, would not confirm Tuesday whether she was cooperating with authorities and would not comment on reports that authorities may drop charges if she provides information to the police.
"I can say she's spent a lot of time with police in the last couple of days, Sunday and Monday," Ecker said.
"Until this case goes to a hearing or trial, she's presumed innocent," he said.
University president Charles Dougherty said he was grateful to police for the "swift arrest of the individual who may have been the shooter in the vicious attacks."
Besides Ashaolu, the other injured players were junior guard Kojo Mensah, 6-foot-7 forward Stuard Baldonado, junior center Shawn James and Aaron Jackson, a guard who is one of only two returning players from Duquesne's 3-24 team last season.
Mensah, shot in an arm and shoulder, was kept overnight at UPMC Presbyterian to receive additional injections of antibiotics but was expected to be discharged later Tuesday.
Baldonado was in fair condition Tuesday with left arm and back injuries, but likely won't play this season because his back injury will need two to three months of rehabilitation. He was expected to be released from the hospital by the end of the week.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, Jackson said he and teammate Stephen Wood dropped to the ground when shots rang out. Mensah, Baldonado and Ashaolu were the first players hit in the attack.
James was wounded in his foot but escaped by running across the nearby football field. Jackson was grazed by a bullet on his left wrist.
The arrest came after a 19-year-old sophomore was apprehended on weapons-related charges. Police said Brittany Jones helped six men get into a school dance and knew some were armed.
Brandon Baynes and William Holmes, both 18, fired on the players early Sunday after the dance on campus, police said.
Baynes faced an arraignment on charges of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, carrying an unlicensed firearm and criminal conspiracy.
Police issued an arrest warrant for Holmes on the same charges.
Three players remained hospitalized following Sunday's shootings after the dance sponsored by the school's Black Student Union. The most seriously wounded, junior forward Sam Ashaolu, 23, was in critical condition at Mercy Hospital with bullet fragments in his head.
Jones was arrested Monday on charges of reckless endangerment, carrying a firearm without a license and criminal conspiracy. She was arraigned and posted bond Tuesday morning, leaving the Allegheny County Jail out of the view of TV cameras.
According to a criminal complaint, Jones, who is active with the Black Student Union, got a call from a man asking if he and his brother could come to the dance. They arrived with four others about midnight.
Jones told police she became aware that several of the men had guns while walking to the party and they asked Jones if they were going to be "patted down" before entering, authorities said. The doorman allegedly told Jones that partygoers weren't being searched, and the men went into the dance, police said.
It wasn't immediately clear if Baynes and Holmes were part of the group. Police Cmdr. Thomas Stangrecki didn't take questions at a news conference announcing the charges against the men.
In interviews Monday with The Associated Press, several players said the shooter was a non-student unhappy that the woman he accompanied to the dance had talked with a player. The shooter and at least one other man followed the players when they left the dance to walk to their dormitory, they said.
Jones's attorney, James Ecker, would not confirm Tuesday whether she was cooperating with authorities and would not comment on reports that authorities may drop charges if she provides information to the police.
"I can say she's spent a lot of time with police in the last couple of days, Sunday and Monday," Ecker said.
"Until this case goes to a hearing or trial, she's presumed innocent," he said.
University president Charles Dougherty said he was grateful to police for the "swift arrest of the individual who may have been the shooter in the vicious attacks."
Besides Ashaolu, the other injured players were junior guard Kojo Mensah, 6-foot-7 forward Stuard Baldonado, junior center Shawn James and Aaron Jackson, a guard who is one of only two returning players from Duquesne's 3-24 team last season.
Mensah, shot in an arm and shoulder, was kept overnight at UPMC Presbyterian to receive additional injections of antibiotics but was expected to be discharged later Tuesday.
Baldonado was in fair condition Tuesday with left arm and back injuries, but likely won't play this season because his back injury will need two to three months of rehabilitation. He was expected to be released from the hospital by the end of the week.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, Jackson said he and teammate Stephen Wood dropped to the ground when shots rang out. Mensah, Baldonado and Ashaolu were the first players hit in the attack.
James was wounded in his foot but escaped by running across the nearby football field. Jackson was grazed by a bullet on his left wrist.