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Police: University of Montana Student Shot on First Day of Classes

Authorities are investigating after a man was shot at the University of Montana in Missoula during the first day of classes Monday.Police were called at about 6 p.m. after the man was shot in the hand as he and several others stood in the parking lot on the south side of the Lommasson Center, which houses a dining hall and several offices. The victim was found with his sister on a street corner near the northwest part of the campus and was taken to a hospital.Police say another man was being questioned, but no arrests have been made. Meanwhile, a shotgun believed to have been the weapon involved has been recovered.Police Lt. Geron Wade said it was unclear if the shooting was an accident or an attack, but the passenger-side window of a green Saturn was shot out. He said he thinks the car "was just in the wrong place and got hit."We're not sure what we've got yet," Wade told the Missoulian. "We do have one man who has a non-life-threatening wound to his hand, but we're not sure of the ci...

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