Two in critical condition after shooting at Old Dominion University in US
Al Jazeera
Authorities say a suspect is dead after opening fire in a university building in the latest shooting to unfold on a US university campus.
Two people have been hospitalised in critical condition after a gunman opened fire at Old Dominion University in Virginia.
The attack on Thursday was the latest shooting at a university in the United States, where gun violence has remained persistently high compared to other Western countries.
Authorities said the gunman was dead following the shooting, although how the suspect was killed was not immediately clear. The gunman’s identity also has not yet been released.
In an emergency alert, the university said the shooter had opened fire shortly before 10:49am local time (14:49 GMT) in Constant Hall, the centre of the university’s college of business.
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