in the area will yield clues . Memphis Director of Police Services Larry Godwin said that because such crimes are rare on the university campus Bradford `` may very well have been targeted . '' `` We 're looking at everything , '' he said . `` We 're hoping that someone will step forward with some information to point us in the right direction . '' Residence halls reopened early Monday , and classes are expected to resume Tuesday . On Monday , offices at the university were open so students could have access to counseling and talk with faculty and staff , said university spokesman Curt Guenther . Raines said she and head football coach Tommy West met with Bradford 's parents and other family members to express their condolences . West said Bradford was `` very popular within our team , very popular on our campus . Very upbeat , very up-tempo personality . Always smiling , always talking . Very well-liked on this campus . '' Bradford , a marketing major , transferred to the University of Memphis from Samford University in Birmingham , Alabama , according to the Univeristy of Memphis football team 's Web
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A University of Memphis football player was shot and killed on campus Sunday night , prompting administration officials to cancel classes and plead for anyone with information to come forward . Police said defensive lineman Taylor Bradford , 21 , apparently was shot around 9:45 p.m. -LRB- 10:45 ET -RRB- Sunday . The 5-foot-11-inch , 300-pound junior apparently then got into his car , drove a short distance and hit a tree near the campus residence hall area . Bradford , of Nashville , Tennessee , was pronounced dead at Regional Medical Center . The university locked down the residence halls and canceled classes for Monday as an `` early precaution '' against the possibility there was an armed attacker on campus , university President Shirley Raines said . Raines said the school did not activate its newly installed emergency public address system because university police determined the campus was not in imminent danger . Witnesses told police they saw people they suspect were the assailants fleeing the scene , Raines said . University police said the Memphis Police Department 's homicide bureau is assisting in the investigation . Officials said they hope that surveillance cameras