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Officers arriving at the complex spotted a man run to an apartment building and enter a stairwell, police said.
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
At around the same time, a tall, college-aged man carrying a black backpack made his way up the stairwell of the nearby Losee Center, a four-story concrete building that houses the student welcome center, among other things.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
According to Beau Mason, commissioner for the Utah Department of Public Safety (UDPS), video shows the suspect moving onto the campus, through stairwells, up to a roof and across the roof to a shooting location.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Aita suffered stab wounds to the abdomen, back, face and neck and collapsed in a stairwell; his girlfriend underwent surgery and is being held under guard at the hospital.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
At around the same time, a tall, college-aged man carrying a black backpack made his way up the stairwell of the nearby Losee Center, a four-story concrete building that houses the student welcome center, among other things.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
According to Beau Mason, commissioner for the Utah Department of Public Safety (UDPS), video shows the suspect moving onto the campus, through stairwells, up to a roof and across the roof to a shooting location.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Aita suffered stab wounds to the abdomen, back, face and neck and collapsed in a stairwell; his girlfriend underwent surgery and is being held under guard at the hospital.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Stairwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stairwell. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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stairwell
noun
stair·well
-ˌwel 
: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located
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