A 19-year-old man is still in critical condition at the University of Virginia Medical Center following a shooting this weekend in Harrisonburg. It happened at an off-campus apartment complex early Sunday morning.

Police won't release the victim's name, but according to family and friends, he is 19-year-old former R. E. Lee High School student Reginald "Shay" Nicholson.

Harrisonburg police held a news conference Monday to address the shooting. Lt. Kurt Boshart hasn't said yet whether the shooting was gang-related. He did says the shooting happened after a fight broke out at an off-campus party, and that police will be patrolling the area this weekend. They're still looking at whether to increase those patrols in light of the shooting.

Eric Charbonneau is in his second year living at Hunters Ridge, the neighborhood where the shooting occurred.

"I don't feel safe," says Charbonneau, a junior at JMU. "Walking through here at night, I've been approached by a couple different people before. And then, I just wonder if the police are going to be able to respond in time when certain things happen like that."

He says he's seeing the violence worsen. Matthew Caggia, who also lives in the complex, hopes increased police presence can so something to curb the problem.

"It's definitely scary," says Caggia. "One of my friends witnessed the shooting. So, he was definitely shaken up about it."

However, even in light of the shooting, resident Kendra Johnson says, "I really still feel like it's a relatively safe area, maybe just a random occurrence. It's the first time I've ever heard anything like this happening."

"Students need to be safe," says Boshart. "They have an element of responsibility for their own safety. We've been saying this for years now, going back three or four years probably that I can remember, that we've been talking about the safety of students at these open-door parties."

Charbonneau says the problems near his apartment are worrisome.

He says, "Next year, I think I'm going to move out. Just, with the increasing violence and just gang activity going on in Harrisonburg, it's hard to find a safe place to live."

Police continued to interview witnesses Monday and do expect to make an arrest in the case.