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US college alert amid 'shooting' US college alert amid 'shooting'
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A college in the US state of Texas is on lockdown amid reports of a shooter on the campus. A college in the US state of Texas is on lockdown amid reports of several people injured in a shooting.
Gunfire reportedly rang out on the campus of Lone Star College in the north of Houston. Jed Young, a spokesman for Lone Star College in the north of Houston, told CNN that two students had been wounded in cross-fire.
Jed Young, a spokesman for the college, said students had been warned to take shelter. He said there were two armed suspects, one of whom had also been shot and was in custody, while the other had fled.
There are unconfirmed reports of people injured. News helicopter footage showed ambulances at the scene and police swarming over the campus. News helicopter footage showed ambulances at the scene and police swarming over the campus.
Students told local broadcaster KTRK that they had heard shots near the college's cafeteria. Mr Young said that while a second suspect was sought, "the situation was under control".
A spokesman for the nearby Ben Taub General Hospital in Harris County told the BBC that two casualties had been admitted to that facility.
Local broadcaster KHOU reported that police were searching a wooded area nearby for a potential suspect.
Amanda Vasquez told KPRC television that she believed the shots had been fired in a hallway.
"They sounded very close, the shots. Five or six gunshots," she said.
"I just ducked under the table as fast as I could and hoped for the best. I saw one of the shooters when he was already under police control."