One Dead, 3 Injured in Shooting at Northern Arizona University
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – One person was killed and three others wounded in a shooting at Northern Arizona University, a public institution in Flagstaff, US State of Arizona.
The school’s official Twitter account reported the shooting early Friday morning. A suspect is in custody, the school said, and the victims are being treated at Flagstaff Medical Center.
No details were immediately available on the circumstances of the shooting, The Washington Post reported.
According to a statement on the NAU Web site, the first police call about the gunfire came in at 1:20 am local time on Friday. University police and the Flagstaff Police Department were at the scene. The campus was not on lockdown.
School public relations director Cindy Brown said the shooting occurred in a parking lot outside Mountain View Hall dormitory on the northeast end of the Flagstaff campus.
Brown said she doesn’t know what caused the shooting. She did not have details about the suspect and victims, their conditions and whether they are students.
On Twitter, the school advised residents of Mountain View Hall to stay indoors. According to the school’s website, Mountain View houses most of the students involved in fraternities and sororities.
Northern Arizona University is a public 4-year school of about 25,000 students.
