University of Alabama Huntsville
A woman opened fire in a biology department meeting at the University of Alabama’s Huntsville campus yesterday, killing three people and injuring three others, two of them critically, officials said.
The woman was caught outside the Shelby Centre, a science building, , according to university spokesman Ray Garner. He said he could not identify her or the victims. Local media reported she was a member of the department.
No students were involved, Garner said. All three of those killed and two of the injured were teachers in the department. The third injured person was a non-teaching member of staff.
Huntsville Hospital spokesman Burr Ingram said two of the injured were in a critical condition and the third was in a stable condition.
Second-year student Erin Johnson told The Huntsville Times a biology department meeting was under way when she heard screams coming from the room.
University police secured the building and students were evacuated.
The Huntsville campus has about 7,500 students in northern Alabama, not far from the Tennessee state line. The city is home to Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Centre.
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