UPDATE: (2:05 p.m.) - Brief statement by sheriff's official conformed three people injured, one suspect in custody, still an active situation.
UPDATE: (1:43 p.m.) - Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia is calling this an active shooter situation, meaning they believe there was more than one gunman involved, although one shooter is reported to be in custody now. There are reports of multiple injuries in the incident.
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ORIGINAL POST: Lone Star College has posted the following alert, taken directly from their website www.lonestar.edu.
Local station KHOU has live coverage of the event here.
KHOU is reporting that two men were arguing and shot at each other, hitting innocent bystanders in the process, although law enforcement officials have not confirmed that at this time.
Important Notice!
ALERT: LSC-North Harris - Shelter in Place
LSC-North Harris is under a shelter in place. Students, Faculty and Staff are advised to take immediate shelter where you are.
Posted 01/22/2013 at 12:47 pm
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Our ability to survive a disaster also depends on you doing your part to
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UPDATED at 2:10 p.m.
HOUSTON (AP) — A shooting on a Texas community college campus wounded at least two people Tuesday and sent students fleeing for safety as officials placed the campus on lockdown, officials said.
Authorities had at least one person in custody, according to a law enforcement official in Washington who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the ongoing case. The official said local authorities also thought there could be a second shooter.
He said multiple injuries had been reported.
Aerial footage from local television stations showed police cars and ambulances parked on the Lone Star College System campus about 20 miles north of downtown Houston. Emergency personnel could be seen tending to people on stretchers, while others ran from a building led by officers.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office had no immediate details, but college spokesman Jed Young confirmed the campus was put on lockdown following reports of a shooter. The college issued an alert on its website telling students and faculty to take immediate shelter or avoid the campus.
Melinda Muse, spokeswoman for the Harris County Health System, said two people were taken to Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital Emergency Center following the shooting.
Cody Harris, 20, he said he was in a classroom with about six or seven other students waiting for a psychology class to start when he heard eight shots. He and other students looked at each other, said "I guess we should get out of here," and fled.
"I was just worried about getting out," Harris said. "I called my grandmother and asked her to pick me up."
The Lone Star College System has an enrollment of 90,000 students and six college campuses, according to its website.
Along with the college, four nearby schools in the Aldine Independent School District went into lockdown, a district spokesman said.
Lone Star student Daniel Flores, 19, said he was in a tutoring lab on the second floor doing homework when he heard what he heard six to seven shots.
"I didn't think they were shots," he said. "It sounded like someone was kicking a door."
About 60 people were in the lab, and they began running out of the room once they realized the sound was gunfire, he said. They fled to a nearby student services center, where authorities kept them there for about 30 minutes before letting them go.
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Associated Press writer Eileen Sullivan contributed to this report from Washington.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A law enforcement official says Texas authorities have at least one person in custody in connection to the Lone Star College campus shooting in Houston, and local authorities think there could potentially be a second shooter.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss an ongoing case. The official says multiple injuries have been reported.
The Houston-area community college is on lockdown amid reports of a shooter on campus. Lone Star College System issued an alert on its website telling students and faculty to take immediate shelter or avoid the campus.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
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