Lone Star College near Houston was locked down Tuesday after an on-campus altercation led to a shooting that injured three people, the school says.
According to the school, the shooting took place at about 12:30 p.m. at the community college's North Harris campus, which is located at 2700 W. W. Thorne Drive, west of Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Students at the school told KPRC-TV in Houston that two or three people were involved in a dispute inside the library and began shooting soon afterward.
However, the Harris County Sheriff's Office later said that only one gun was recovered from the scene. One person shot two other people and then apparently shot himself, perhaps while putting the gun away.
School officials said Tuesday afternoon that the shooting took place outside, between buildings.
Maj. Armondo Tello, the acting chief of the sheriff's department, said no arrests have been made. Two people who are hospitalized are classified as persons of interest, he said.
A school maintenance man who was struck in the calf was stable at a hospital, Tello said. The condition of the other two victims and their identities have not been released, but Tello said they are the people involved in the initial altercation.
Tello would not say if the shooting was gang-related.
A fourth person related to the shooting, though not a shooting victim, may have been transported to an area hospital, KPRC said.
Earlier in the afternoon, the school posted messages on its website that said the campus was locked down and that students were advised to shelter in place. That message was followed by another that said the campus was being evacuated. Eventually, the campus was closed for the remainder of the day. Richard Carpenter, with the college, said the campus would reopen to students on Wednesday.
Four nearby schools in the Aldine Independent School District were locked down as a precaution.
According to its website, the Lone Star College System is the largest institution of higher learning in Houston and is the fastest-growing community college system in Texas. The school has approximately 90,000 students spread over more than a dozen campuses. School officials said 19,000 students are enrolled at the North Harris campus.
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