Shooting that landed a fellow student in a hospital bed fighting for his life. He is a First Year Student from wisconsin. Reporter Police Report alexander melchert was shot when he stopped at a rest stop in dale city. Police arrested shawn a. John hopkins of westerville fired several shots at alexs vehicle. Both were standing outside his vehicle at the time of the shoo. In his vehicle and led them on a highspeed chase. Johnsons vehicle drove overrode spikes and crashed into interstate 71 northbound in richland county. As you can imagine this is a lot for a community to experience. Brown headed to a hospital in columbus to be with alex as soon as he heard the news. A lot of people knew him personally. I met his parents when they happened to alex. It is pretty shocking. You never think a student at a liberal arts school like this would face a violent circumstance or something. You are kind of insulated. I knew him indirectly through friends and i guess it was shocking at first to think s