Sacramento City College went into lockdown on Thursday after three people were shot, one of them fatally, in a parking lot on the south edge of the school’s campus, KHTK reports.
According to a City College spokesperson, the shooting left one student dead and another hospitalized. A third victim reportedly sustained injuries that did not require hospitalization. From NBC News:
Classes were canceled, and students and staff were being evacuated building by building and classroom by classroom, Rick Brewer, a spokesman for the college, told NBC News.
The shooting occurred during an altercation involving several men about 3:56 p.m. (6:56 p.m. ET), Brewer said. One of the men pulled a semi-automatic handgun, and three other people were shot, he said.
Police say the suspected gunman is currently at large.
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