Three people were wounded Wednesday night when a gunman opened fire outside Florida State's Strozier Library.
Marisa Martin, a student reporter at the University of Alabama and part of ESPNU's Campus Connection, decided that it was a good time to make a "joke" about Seminole quarterback Jameis Winston.
ESPN reporter jokes about FSU shooting, then deletes her Twitter acct after outrage pic.twitter.com/TVqY046xiU
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) November 20, 2014
After deleting her account, Martin claimed that her account had been hacked.
@marisam24 here just letting everyone at FSU know this account was compromised tonight. Sincere apologies and an investigation is underway
— AL Campus Connection (@UACampusConnect) November 20, 2014
The account was hacked into and we are trying to remedy the situation as best as we can.
— AL Campus Connection (@UACampusConnect) November 20, 2014
ESPNU's Campus Connection is a program designed to be something of a college internship program where they can "produce content or help with production", according to ESPN spokeswoman Keri Potts, who added students involved with the program have a "very loose" connection with the network.
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