PITTSBURGH -- Duquesne University has suspended a sophomore accused of helping get some young men with guns into a dance at the student union on Saturday night.

Five basketball players were shot early Sunday after the dance, and Duquesne said it has suspended 19-year-old Brittany Jones for violating the university's code of conduct.

Jones, of Penn Hills, was attending college in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit the area. She was able to get home safely and transfer to Duquesne, which said it accepted her as a special case without the usual required credentials.

"Duquesne reached out to Brittany Jones in an act of charity in accord with our fundamental mission of serving God by serving students. Her alleged actions show that our concern for her was not reciprocated and that she is not representative of our student body," university President Dr. Charles Dougherty said in a statement.

Three players remain hospitalized following Sunday's shootings. The most seriously wounded is 23-year-old Sam Ashaolu with bullet fragments in his head.

Brandon Baynes and William Holmes, both 18 and of Penn Hills, are charged with five counts of attempted criminal homicide and aggravated assault. Baynes is in the Allegheny County Jail but Holmes remains at large.

Police have charged Jones with reckless endangerment, carrying a firearm without a license and criminal conspiracy. Police accuse her of knowing that the men who were accompanying her to the dance had guns.

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