Texas Southern University Shooting: Police Search For Suspect In Second Campus Shooting Of The Day

Update: 1:50 p.m. EST -- One of the two individuals shot Friday morning in a student housing complex near Texas Southern University is dead, according to the Houston Police Department. A potential suspect is also in custody, the force wrote. The shooting, which took place at around 11:30 a.m. local time, resulted in a lockdown of the school.
One person fatally shot, one wounded at 3545 Blodgett, an apartment complex near TSU campus. A possible suspect is detained. PIO en route.
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) October 9, 2015
Original Story: At least one person was shot near Texas Southern University Friday morning, according to initial reports from KPRC 2 Houston. The shooting reportedly took place in a student housing complex near the university at around 11:30 a.m. Other stations reported two shot in the attack.
The campus was reportedly put on lockdown and as of 11:50 a.m. local time, police were still searching for the suspect. It marked the second shooting on a college campus Friday. The first one was early in the morning at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. That shooting claimed the life of one and injured three others.
The shootings coincide with a visit by President Barack Obama to Roseburg, Oregon, to visit victims of last week's campus shooting at a community college there.
#BREAKING Texas Southern University on lockdown after shooting near campus #abc13
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— Houston News (@abc13houston) October 9, 2015
BREAKING: 2 shot at TSU; campus is on lockdown; LIVE report on KHOU 11 News at Noon #khou #hounews pic.twitter.com/2cUoa22MUq
— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) October 9, 2015
First, the shooting in Arizona. Now there is one at Texas Southern University. #maranatha #ComeQuicklyLord
— Chris Land (@jchrisland) October 9, 2015
2nd school shooting TODAY RT @BreakingNews: Texas Southern University on lockdown at least 1 person is shot at a student housing complex
— Jess (@jessicabear) October 9, 2015
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