Duquesne Suspect Surrenders

A second man sought in a shooting that wounded five Duquesne University basketball players turned himself in Wednesday, police in Pittsburgh said.

William Holmes, 18, of the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills, was scheduled to be arraigned on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy and weapons-related offenses.

Holmes is the third person arrested in Sunday’s shooting after a dance at the private, Roman Catholic university. Two of the wounded players remained hospitalized.

The other 18-year-old accused of shooting the players, Brandon Baynes, was jailed Tuesday and faces similar charges. Neither of the teens is a Duquesne student.

Baynes and Holmes crashed a campus dance sponsored by the Black Student Union, where they encountered the basketball players, according to police. They and two friends got into the dance with help from a student who is active with the union, police said.

The student, Brittany Jones, 19, was arrested Monday on suspicion of reckless endangerment, carrying a firearm without a license and criminal conspiracy.

She was arraigned and posted bond Tuesday morning. On Wednesday, Duquesne announced she had been suspended for multiple violations of the student code.

Attorney Giuseppe G.C. Rosselli, whose firm represents Holmes, said the shooting was “just a bad situation every way around.”

“When it’s all said and done, our client will be found not guilty,” he said.

The team was encouraged that junior forward Sam Ashaolu, the most severely injured player, appeared to be gaining strength.

Ashaolu, 23, remained in critical condition with one bullet and fragments of another in his head. He has squeezed teammates’ hands during their frequent hospital visits, and he seemed to respond to their words of encouragement.

No charges will be filed against Portland Trail Blazers forward Zach Randolph in connection with a sexual assault report taken by police last month, Multnomah County (Ore.) Dist. Atty. Mike Schrunk said. Police never named Randolph as a suspect. The complaint was made Aug. 14.

HOCKEY

Penguins’ Malkin Is Injured During Game

Evgeni Malkin was injured during his first NHL exhibition when he collided with Pittsburgh Penguins teammate John LeClair early in the second period against Philadelphia at Moncton, Canada. The rookie Russian center was taken to a hospital for further evaluation, the team announced.

Columbus Blue Jackets center Sergei Fedorov will be out four to six weeks after he injured his left shoulder during an exhibition.

The NHL Players’ Assn. informed its membership that the league’s 700-plus players will receive all of their escrowed payments plus interest as well as additional “shortfall” payments of 3.5% to 4.5%.

Once the final accounting was done on the 2005-06 season, it was determined players didn’t take up their full share of the 54% of league revenue coming their way under the terms of the new collective bargaining agreement.

TENNIS

Hingis Advances With Win Over Obziler

Top-seeded Martina Hingis defeated Tzipi Obziler, 6-2, 7-5, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Sunfeast Open at Kolkata, India.

Hingis will face Tamarine Tanasugarn, who rallied past Abigail Spears, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Lindsay Davenport rallied to defeat Anna Chakvetadze, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-5, at the China Open at Beijing. Davenport will face Zheng Jie in the next round.

MISCELLANY

AC Milan Erases Its Points Penalty

AC Milan erased the remainder of its penalty from the Italian match-fixing scandal, beating visiting Ascoli, 1-0, at Rome on Marek Jankulovski’s goal in the 68th minute.

AC Milan started the season with minus-eight points and now has one, moving from 17th place in the Serie A standings to 12th.

Candace Parker had 18 points and six rebounds to help the United States beat Lithuania, 90-56, in the quarterfinals of the women’s world basketball championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The U.S. plays Russia, a 60-56 winner over Spain today.

Georgia golf store manager Bill Leonard won two matches to advance to the semifinals of the USGA Senior Amateur at Newburgh, Ind.

The 57-year-old Leonard beat 2004 champion Mark Bemowski in the morning round, then returned to edge David Rasley, 1-up, in the afternoon quarterfinals on the Victoria National Golf Club course.

Leonard set up a semifinal match against Tom McGraw, a 4-and-3 winner over Robert Mielcarz.

Mike Bell will play Sam Farlow in the other semifinal.

A pick-six carry-over of almost $1 million contributed to a record one-day total handle of $10,390,081 on Wednesday at Fairplex Park in Pomona. There were 33 pick-six winning tickets, collecting $78,794 each.

PASSINGS

Hall of Fame Coach Waters Dies at 83

Frank “Muddy” Waters, the college football Hall of Fame coach who had a successful run at Hillsdale College and finished his long career at Michigan State, died of congestive heart failure at Saginaw, Mich. He was 83.