North Texas student, 20, dies after New Year’s shooting

DENTON, Texas (AP) — A 20-year-old student at the University of North Texas has died after a shooting in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

Police in Denton say Sara Mutschlechner was driving a vehicle when passengers in her car exchanged words with people in a nearby SUV carrying five or six men.

Someone in the SUV opened gunfire toward her car. Mutschlechner was struck, and her car crashed into a utility pole.

Witnesses told police she was the designated driver for others in the car.

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Police are searching for the SUV and the passengers who were inside.

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