A criminal shot four people outside Mountain View Hall at Northern Arizona University’s Flagstaff campus early this morning, at approximately 1:20 AM.
Reported shooting at NAU Flagstaff campus. Shooter in custody. Mtn View Hall residents stay indoors. More details to follow.
— NAU (@NAU) October 9, 2015
The person who fired the shots was captured after the crime.
#NAUAlert Reported shooter situation is stabilized and the shooter is in custody. Details to follow. — NAU (@NAU) October 9, 2015
#NAUAlert: Details confirmed 4 victims, 1 fatality, 3 wounded. Shooter is in custody. Situation is stabilized. Campus not on lockdown.
— NAU (@NAU) October 9, 2015
Mountain View Hall is a 574-bed, suite-style residence hall housing 18 of NAU’s 23 Greek social organizations (fraternities and sororities). NAU is a “gun free zone,” and does not allow the carry of firearms either open or concealed, even with a concealed weapons permit.
A press conference will be held at 6:00 AM this morning to provide more details.
Update: The incident occurred in a parking lot, and the killer is a student at the school.
“Two separate student groups got into a confrontation, the confrontation turned physical and one of our students, Steven Jones, 18, produced a handgun and shot four of our other students,” Fowler said. “One of our students is deceased.”
The victims — all males — were shot “multiple times,” he said. They were being treated at Flagstaff Medical Center.
The shooting erupted in a parking lot outside the Mountain View Hall dormitory on the northeast end of the Flagstaff Campus, Fowler said.
It’s unclear what sparked the shooting.
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