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ITT Tech Indianapolis

Paroled ITT Tech Student Shoots Staff Member He Stalked for a Year

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On April 24, 2012, Carlos Webb, a student on parole for prior kidnapping and rape convictions, shot enrollment counselor Kristen Trease in the chest after she rejected his months-long harassment at the Indianapolis ITT Technical Institute campus. Webb had targeted Trease from the moment he re-enrolled, and despite Trease's repeated warnings to school administrators about his behavior and criminal history, ITT took no protective action. Webb was convicted of attempted second-degree murder, kidnapping, and aggravated assault.

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Institution
ITT Technical Institute - Indianapolis
For Profit · IN
~600 students
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There has been a shooting incident on campus. Please evacuate the building immediately and await further instructions from law enforcement. Do not return to the building until you receive an all-clear.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

No official alert archive is publicly accessible for this campus; text is reconstructed from secondary coverage indicating the campus was evacuated following the shooting.
The shooting occurred near the parking area adjacent to the campus on April 24, 2012, in Indianapolis, Indiana (Eastern Time, UTC-4 in April).
Webb had originally targeted a different woman on campus that day; when she refused to accompany him, he confronted Trease and forced her to the parking lot where he shot her.
Context

Background

ITT Technical Institute, a large for-profit chain that operated more than 130 campuses nationwide before closing in 2016, had a campus in Indianapolis, Indiana. Carlos Webb enrolled at the school roughly a year after Kristen Trease began working there as an enrollment counselor. Webb, who was on parole for prior convictions including kidnapping and rape in New Mexico, immediately began harassing Trease, asking her on dates and interrupting her meetings with other students. Despite Trease's documented complaints to administrators about Webb's conduct and criminal background, ITT took no disciplinary action against him. Webb was briefly imprisoned again for violating parole by removing his ankle monitor, but ITT re-admitted him upon his release over Trease's objections. On April 24, 2012, Webb arrived at campus with a firearm. His original target, an ex-girlfriend, refused to accompany him after he displayed the weapon. Webb then confronted Trease, forced her to his car, shot her in the chest, and sexually assaulted her before a passing motorcyclist heard her cries and she escaped. The bullet passed through Trease's chest. She survived after months of recovery and returned to work October 25, 2012. ITT terminated her employment the same day she returned, citing unspecified performance issues. Webb was convicted of attempted second-degree murder, kidnapping, and two counts of aggravated assault. The case became a prominent example of institutional failure at a for-profit school to protect employees from students with violent criminal histories.
Analysis

Key Findings

ITT Technical Institute re-admitted a student with a documented history of kidnapping and rape over the explicit objections of the employee he later shot
Trease filed written complaints about Webb's harassment for months before the shooting; ITT took no protective action
ITT fired Trease on her first day back from medical leave following the shooting, adding institutional retaliation to the pattern
The case illustrates how for-profit colleges, focused on enrollment metrics, may systematically underweight employee safety concerns
Outcome
Kristen Trease was shot through the chest; she survived after several months of recovery. Webb was convicted and sentenced. ITT fired Trease the same day she returned to work.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    ITT Tech Staffer Fired After Student Shot Her - The Daily Beast
    thedailybeast.com
  2. Source
    Brutalized Ex Employee Sues Shuttered ITT - Courthouse News Service
    courthousenews.com
  3. Source
    ITT Technical Institute - Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org
Tags
shootingfor-profitworkplace-violencestalkingemployee-victimenrollment-counseloritt-techindianapolisinstitutional-failureretaliation
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