Three people have been shot at a Houston-area community college, law enforcement officials said Tuesday. One person of interest is in custody, and a second suspect may be on the loose.
Witnesses said they saw two men get into an argument in the college's library, and both pulled out guns and began firing on each other, NBC affiliate KPRC Local 2 reported. Several law enforcement officials said the incident may have been gang-related, NBC News reported.
The shooting at the North Harris campus of Lone Star College near Houston began shortly after noon. The college tweeted that three people had been shot, and a law enforcement official told NBC News that another may have suffered a heart attack. A local hospitals said it had received two patients.
The campus is on lockdown, and students are advised to shelter in place. Four nearby schools were also placed on lockdown.
Constables told KPRC that one person has been detained, though they have not said if that person was a shooter.
A search for a second person is underway, KPRC reports, and armed police officers were searching the campus. Investigators described the second suspect an 18- to 20-year-old black male wearing a red shirt and an Atlanta Falcons cap who fled campus to a nearby subdivision. A perimeter was established north of campus in that direction.
According to its website, the Lone Star College System is the largest institution of higher learning in Houston and the fastest growing community college system in Texas. The school has approximately 90,000 students spread over more than a dozen campuses.
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