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New details have emerged about the Rice University student who was gunned down in an apparent murder-suicide that rocked the elite Houston school on the first day of classes.

Andrea Rodriguez Avila, 21, was a junior political science and pre-law major from Nottingham, Maryland. She had just transferred to Rice in spring 2024 from the Community College of Baltimore County, Fox News Digital learned.

An accomplished student, Avila was deputy parliamentarian of the Rice Student Association, a peer academic advisor at her residential hall – Jones College – and a member of the university’s Honor Council.

A spokesperson for the university confirmed that Avila’s family arrived in Houston on Tuesday morning, a day after the tragedy. 

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“[Avila’s family] is receiving support from the university’s …

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