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| One person has been killed and three injured in a shooting at Northern Arizona University. | One person has been killed and three injured in a shooting at Northern Arizona University. |
| Police were called at 01:20 local time (08:20 GMT) after gunfire was heard in a car park outside a dormitory on the campus in Flagstaff. | Police were called at 01:20 local time (08:20 GMT) after gunfire was heard in a car park outside a dormitory on the campus in Flagstaff. |
| The suspected gunman, 18-year-old Steven Jones, surrendered to officers, said police chief Greg Fowler. | |
| President Barack Obama is due in Oregon later on Friday to meet victims of another deadly college shooting. | President Barack Obama is due in Oregon later on Friday to meet victims of another deadly college shooting. |
| Last week a gunman killed nine people at Umpqua Community College before taking his own life in a shootout with police. | Last week a gunman killed nine people at Umpqua Community College before taking his own life in a shootout with police. |
| That tragedy has renewed the debate about the nation's gun laws, an issue that sharply divides the country. | |
| Authorities do not know how the confrontation in the latest incident in Flagstaff began. All four victims and the gunman are students. | |
| Maria Gonzalez, a student at Northern Arizona University, said that she initially thought that she was hearing fireworks. | |
| "I was studying for an exam so I looked out the window and see two people running, and that's when I realized they weren't fireworks they were actually gunshots," she said. | |
| "How am I supposed to feel safe where I'm learning?" | |
| The Mountain View Hall dormitory where the shooting took place houses the "majority" of students participating in fraternities and sororities, according to the school website. | |
| Arizona Senator John McCain released a statement to say that he is praying for all those "impacted by this terrible tragedy". |