MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut (CNN) -- The suspect in the shooting of a Wesleyan University student will be arraigned Friday morning after surrendering to police without incident Thursday evening in neighboring Meriden, authorities said.Stephen Morgan has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Johanna Justin-Jinich at a Middletown bookstore on Wednesday and is being held on a $10 million bond, Middletown Chief Lynn Baldoni said. Morgan turned himself in at the Meriden Police Department at 9:14 p.m., according to Baldoni, and was transferred to Middletown.
Police spoke briefly to Morgan immediately after the shooting, a law enforcement source told CNN on Thursday.
He was one of several people who gathered Wednesday afternoon outside Broad Street Books after the Wesleyan junior was shot to death in the bookstore's cafe, the source said. Morgan gave his name to investigators who spoke with him, the source said.
At that early stage of the investigation, the source said, police had no reason to suspect Morgan.
Earlier, Morgan's sister urged him to turn himself in to "avoid any further bloodshed."
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