SEATTLE (AP)
-- A Seattle hospital spokeswoman says one man in his 20s has died and a
woman is critically injured after a shooting Thursday afternoon on the
campus of Seattle Pacific University.
Two other people are less seriously hurt. Police say a suspect is in custody.
Harborview
Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg had no additional information on
the young man who died. She says a 20-year-old woman is in surgery with
critical injuries while a 24-year-old man and a 22-year-old man are in
satisfactory condition.
Gregg says the hospital is not expecting any more injured people from the shooting.
It wasn't clear whether the suspected gunman was injured.
The university posted online that "the campus is in lockdown due to a shooting near Otto Miller Hall."
Police say SWAT officers continue to clear buildings on campus.
About
4,270 students attend the private Christian university, located in a
residential neighborhood about 10 minutes from downtown Seattle.
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Three people were shot Thursday afternoon on the campus of Seattle Pacific University and a suspect was in custody, police said.
Officer Drew Fowler confirmed three victims were transported for medical care after the shooting late Thursday afternoon.
The
Seattle Fire Department said on its verified Twitter account that
medics took four gunshot victims to Harborview Medical Center; a man and
a woman had life threatening injuries, and two males were in stable
condition. It wasn't clear whether the fourth person was the suspected
gunman.
Police had initially said they were
searching for a second suspect armed with a handgun, but a short while
later they said they were no longer looking for anyone else.
About
4,270 students attend the private Christian university, which was
founded in 1891 by the Free Methodist Church of North America. Its
40-acre campus is in a residential neighborhood about 10 minutes from
downtown Seattle.
The university posted online
that "the campus is in lockdown due to a shooting near Otto Miller
Hall." A woman who answered the phone at the school's security office
quickly disconnected, saying no one could talk.
The incident follows a spate of recent shootings on or near college campuses.
Last
month, according to police, Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured
seven before turning his gun on himself in a rampage in Isla Vista,
California, near two universities.
Seven
people were killed and three injured when a 43-year-old former student
opened fire at a tiny Christian school, Oikos University, in Oakland,
California, in 2012. A gunman killed five people and injured 18 when he
opened fire in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall in 2008.
In
2007, 32 people were fatally shot in a dorm and classroom at Virginia
Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia before the gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, killed
himself.
