Sheriff’s deputies were responding to reports that shots were fired at a Houston-area community college with multiple people wounded.
NBC station KPRC-TV reported that investigators were working to determine if there was an active shooter on the North Harris campus of Lone Star College.
Live aerial video taken by the station showed emergency crews moving two people on stretchers into ambulances.
Dozens of police vehicles were visible.
Police officers in SWAT gear were shown on the video entering buildings on the campus.
It was unclear how many people were injured or if the people seen on the stretchers had been shot.
At least one person has been detained at the college, deputy constables told KPRC, but they did not say if that person was suspected of shooting anyone.
Jed Young, a spokesman for the college system, told The Associated Place that a "shelter-in-place order" was issued at the college due to reports of a shooter on campus. Students, faculty and staff were advised by the college website to take immediate shelter where they were.
Lone Star College is a community college system based in the Houston region and has six campuses associated with it.
Harris County sheriff’s deputies told KPRC-TV that the shooting was reported shortly after noon CT at the North Harris campus.
Lone Star College's North Harris campus is 20 miles north of Houston in unincorporated Harris County. The campus has roughly 18,000 students.
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NBC station KPRC-TV reported that investigators were working to determine if there was an active shooter on the North Harris campus of Lone Star College.
Live aerial video taken by the station showed emergency crews moving two people on stretchers into ambulances.
Dozens of police vehicles were visible.
Police officers in SWAT gear were shown on the video entering buildings on the campus.
It was unclear how many people were injured or if the people seen on the stretchers had been shot.
At least one person has been detained at the college, deputy constables told KPRC, but they did not say if that person was suspected of shooting anyone.
Jed Young, a spokesman for the college system, told The Associated Place that a "shelter-in-place order" was issued at the college due to reports of a shooter on campus. Students, faculty and staff were advised by the college website to take immediate shelter where they were.
Lone Star College is a community college system based in the Houston region and has six campuses associated with it.
Harris County sheriff’s deputies told KPRC-TV that the shooting was reported shortly after noon CT at the North Harris campus.
Lone Star College's North Harris campus is 20 miles north of Houston in unincorporated Harris County. The campus has roughly 18,000 students.
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At least two people were shot in a shooting at Lone Star College in north Houston, Texas. Witnesses on the scene say the shooting may have escalated after a heated argument. Both victims have “multiple gun shot wounds,” ABC13 reports, and are in serious condition. They will be brought into surgery. One of the victims — who was shot in the leg — is a school employee. The other, a younger man, was found on the ground unconscious, with his eyes closed.
The college, as well as other neighboring schools, are on lock down. Lone Star College has been evacuated and police are looking for the suspect who has fled the scene into a wooded area.
Witnesses report hearing at least 5 gunshots and say there may be two shooters, one of whom is in police custody. The other shooter ran from the library into an administrative building.
They just said that federal officials are saying there are indications that it was gang related.
Incidents lke this shooting make me feel guilty and like maybe I'm "part of the problem"
(sorry ranting/rambling)
Although, I do own armor for my Lady Sif cosplay...hmmmm
Isn't the first rule of gun safety that the gun is ALWAYS loaded?
I'll admit that when I used it as prop last November and December that I flailed it and whipped it about when I was onstage but I make sure that the programs said in big,bold letters that the gun was empty/unloaded. It wasn't an easy production but I had warnings on addition slips/programs/the announcer even reminded the audience. Foolish and dumb? Yes. Important to the story I was telling? Sorta.
Too fucking real, people.
FUCK.
Edited at 2013-01-22 08:57 pm (UTC)
I hope everyone fully recovers.
I also used to live close by (Greenspoint) and thought all the talk about it being a rough area were just from people afraid to live in the vicinity of a heavy minority population until I saw a man shot dead in the middle of the street one day.
Welcome to Houston. welcome to the Hellmouth.
O.P., how about adding the "oh not this shit again" tag (for hopefully obvious reasons)?
Edited at 2013-01-22 08:44 pm (UTC)
How many of you think that instead of this being some sort of shame to Texas gun carriers the GOP/NRA will try to pan this out as proof that their stance on guns is the right one seeing as people were "only wounded."
ETA: HEY Didn't know there were that many Houstonites here.
Edited at 2013-01-22 11:28 pm (UTC)
eta: I can read, I promise. I just choose not to >.>. So, yeah, freaky. It's really weird seeing somewhere familiar come up on these things. I'm just glad it wasn't worse!
Edited at 2013-01-23 09:59 am (UTC)