Texas police search for gunman who shot 30-year-old man on Victoria College campus: Lockdown lifted after students told to ‘shelter in place’ for hours
- Police in Texas are hunting a gunman who shot an adult student Monday evening on the campus of Victoria College in Texas, southeast of San Antonio.
- The alarm was raised shortly after 7:05 p.m., prompting the college to go into lockdown and order all students to secure their doors and stay indoors
- Law enforcement discovered a 30-year-old man in the parking lot of Victoria College with gunshot wounds and was taken to the hospital
Police in Texas are hunting a gunman who shot an adult student Monday evening on the campus of Victoria College in Texas, southeast of San Antonio.
The alarm was raised just after 7.05pm when the college warned all students to ‘lock the doors and stay indoors’.
A 30-year-old man, who was a registered student at the college, was found with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of Victoria College.
He was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.
Victoria Police said the alarm was raised just after 7.05pm on Monday evening when the college warned all students to ‘lock their doors and stay indoors’
Currently two are said to be dead,” wrote a user on X, Jon Mark
The community college went into lockdown as soon as gunshots rang out on campus
A warning from Victoria College to all students said there were reports of shots being fired at the Continuing Education Center Building.
The suspects behind the shooting had fled by the time Victoria Police arrived on the scene.
The campus was placed on lockdown while police hunted for the suspect, but it was lifted at 9 p.m.
Officers from Victoria College and Victoria Police Department (VPD) worked to secure VC’s main campus following the incident.
VPD officers released students and employees building by building by escorting them directly to their vehicles.
Those still on campus were urged to stay indoors until authorities came for them.
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‘I feel sick. My friend is a professor there and had an evening class tonight and decided to end the class early. They left before the shooting started. Currently two are said to be dead,” wrote a user on X, Jon Mark.
Those still on campus were urged to stay indoors until authorities came for them (file photo)
The campus was placed on lockdown while police hunted for the suspect, but it was lifted at 9 p.m