Five people wounded in shooting at Virginia State University
Police and the university said several suspects were involved in a shooting near campus housing in the early hours of Saturday.
Five people were wounded, one critically, in a shooting at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia, early on Saturday, according to the university and police. The campus was placed under lockdown after the gunfire near student housing.
Virginia State University said the incident involved multiple suspects. Police said they were responding to the scene and that the victims were found near the university’s halls of residence.
The school is about 20 miles south of Richmond. Authorities had not immediately said what led to the shooting or whether anyone had been arrested.
The university and police continued to deal with the aftermath as the campus remained under security restrictions on Saturday morning.
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