( CNN ) The killing of an employee at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro , North Carolina , may have been a hate crime , authorities said Tuesday . Investigators are looking into the possibility , said Goldsboro police Sgt . Jeremy Sutton . He did not explain what may have made it a hate crime . The victim -- Ron Lane , whom officials said was a longtime employee and the school 's print shop operator -- was white , as is the suspect . Lane 's relatives said he was gay , CNN affiliate WNCN reported . The suspect , Kenneth Morgan Stancil III , worked with Lane as part of a work-study program , but was let go from the program in early March due to poor attendance , college President Kay Albertson said Tuesday . On Monday , Stancil walked into the print shop on the third floor of a campus building , aimed a pistol-grip shotgun and fired once , killing Lane , according to Sutton . Stancil has tattoos on his face . Sutton said investigators are looking into whether he is part of a white supremacist gang . He has no previous criminal record , authorities said . Sutton said Stancil fled on a motorcycle after the shooting and ultimately abandoned it in a highway median . Then , Stancil continued on to Daytona , Florida , but authorities do n't know how he traveled , Sutton said . He was arrested just after 1 a.m. Tuesday , after he was found sleeping on a beach , about 550 miles ( 885 kilometers ) from Goldsboro . Volusia County Beach Patrol had approached him for violating the city 's ordinance against sleeping on the beach . He had a knife , police said . He was taken into custody without incident . Authorities in North Carolina expect to bring him back to face charges . Wayne Community College , a two-year school , has a student population of 3,837 , according 2013 figures from the National Center for Education Statistics . Slightly more than half the students are part-time . Crime statistics from the center 's website show no killings , assaults , robberies or motor vehicle thefts between 2011 and 2013 . There were three arrests for illegal weapons possession in 2012 and three in 2013 .
Relatives of CNN shooting victim say he was gay , local media report . The suspect had worked for the victim but was let go , college president says . The suspect , Kenneth Morgan Stancil III , was found sleeping on a Florida beach and arrested .