(Reuters) – One person was in critical condition and two others were taken to hospital with injuries after a shooting broke out between two people on the campus of Lone Star College near Houston on Tuesday, an official with an ambulance dispatch company said.
“We did transport three patients from the scene,” said Mark Smith, an official with Harris county Emergency Corps which dispatches ambulances in that area.
“The patients were described as one critical, two as urgent. My understanding is that at least one of the patients had heart issues, not gunshots,” he said.
Smith said he had been told that the shooting took place in the school library, which is near the center of the campus.
Sheriff’s Office spokesman Amando Tello said, “We do have, we believe, 3 people injured at this time. We also have a person of interest that’s being detained.” He gave no further details.
A second shooter fled the campus, according to college spokesman Jed Young. Neither police nor Young said whether the second shooter had been apprehended, and it was not clear if the two people involved in the shooting were students.
The shooting took place on the North Harris campus of the community college system. The campus was evacuated and closed for the day, officials said.
The campus is covered with pine trees and local media reported that authorities were searching a wooded area for the second shooter.
Police were stopping traffic at every intersection on the campus. Some vehicles and some pedestrians were allowed to pass but others were turned away.
Four schools in the Aldine district near Lone Star College were locked down, said Leticia Fehling, a spokeswoman for the district. Officials have closed several roads near the college and school buses were not able to enter the area, she said.
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whats happening to our society???? so much anger and rage!!! what do we need to do put metal dectors in all the schools and libriaries ? hm!!!! not a bad ideal since the world cant manage their own issues in a peaceful way!!!! maybe the( humilation ) of being pat down and have meteal dectors is what needs to happen then we can create more jobs for people who need something to do (like pat your ass down)