Shootings investigated

Investigators have several “promising leads” in the shooting death of Utah sophomore cornerback Aaron Lowe, the Salt Lake City police chief said Monday as family and friends mourned the football player killed less than a year after teammate Ty Jordan died in an accidental shooting. Lowe was shot at a house party early Sunday after other, uninvited guests were asked to leave, police said. A second person, a woman, suffered critical injuries. The party was thrown hours after the Utes beat Washington State 24-13. Lowe was from Mesquite, Texas, where he also played with Jordan in high school. No arrests were immediately made in, but tips had given detectives several potential leads, said Salt Lake City police Chief Mike Brown. Police had previously gotten noise complaints about the party, but officers did not respond because they were dealing with other emergency calls, said police spokesman Brent Weisberg. In an unrelated shooting Saturday involving another player on a roster in the Utah-Washington State game, Washington State wide receiver Brandon Gray,a junior from Detroit, was wounded near the campus in Pullman, Wash., while most of the team was on the road preparing to play at Utah later in the day. Gray, 22, who has played sparingly and did not travel to Utah with the team, was in stable condition Monday. Pullman police responded to a noise complaint early Saturday when they heard gunshots just blocks from the Washington State campus. Liban Barre, 23, of Kent, Wash., was also shot and later died at a local hospital. George M. Harris III, 23, was suspected of shooting both men and was jailed on suspicion of second degree assault