One Dead and Three Injured in Seattle Pacific University Shooting

Amaury · Jun 5, 2014

@Jayn, @Sean B.: I'm not sure if you guys live near there or attend it, but I hope you're okay physically / emotionally and no one you know was involved.

Hospital: 1 dead, 3 injured in university shooting

Source: Yahoo! News

Published: June 5, 2014

Yahoo! News said:

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.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

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.
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Meilin Lee · Jun 5, 2014

Less than two weeks after the last campus-related shooting... yup, completely normal, nothing to worry about...

Sarcasm aside, now I'm really starting to fear for my well-being considering I drive to a campus every week. Will these things ever end... maybe, but I highly doubt it'll be during my lifetime.

. : tale_wind · Jun 6, 2014

*FLIPS EVERY TABLE WITHIN REACH*

I AM SICK OF HEARING ABOUT ALL THESE SHOOTINGS. WHEN IS IT GOING TO END? WHEN ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS? IT HAS TO STOP. BECAUSE SOMEHOW WE'RE THE ONLY FIRST-WORLD COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT CONSISTENTLY HAS THIS PROBLEM. WHEN DO WE HEAR ABOUT SHOOTINGS AT COLLEGES AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ARMY BASES ANYWHERE ELSE?

TAKE IT AWAY, JON:

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