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At Ohio State University rampage,Gunman shot dead

Police took up positions around the university campus,-Image Copyright-AP At Ohio State University rampage,Gunman shot dead A suspect...


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At Ohio State University rampage,Gunman shot dead


A suspect has been shot and killed after a campus rampage in Ohio that left at least eight people injured.

A spokesman for Ohio State University said some of the victims had been stabbed and hit by a vehicle.


The alert began at around 10:00 local time when the college warned students in a tweet to "Run Hide Fight".



Hours later police declared the scene "secure", lifting the shelter-in-place order and cancelling classes for the remainder of Monday.

Local hospitals report they are treating eight victims who have non-life-threatening injuries.

A motive is unclear for the attack at the Columbus-based university, which has 60,000 students and is one of the largest in the US.


Columbus Police tweeted that they had sent a SWAT team, dog units, negotiators and a helicopter to the scene.

Federal officials from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also responded.






The attack began around 10:00 local time near Watts Hall, the college's materials science and engineering building.

"The first thing I heard were screams," student Cydney Ireland told ABC News.

"Probably five seconds after that there were three gunshots and it sounded like a handgun.

"And I've never seen anything like it. Everybody was running in any direction they possibly could."

According to the school newspaper, The Lantern, police have surrounded the Lane Avenue parking garage, where an officer at the scene said a suspected shooter was believed to be inside.



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