Police say suspect, ‘armed and dangerous’, is still at large after incident on campus late on Sunday
As well as the three fatalities, two additional victims were injured and receiving medical care. Photograph: B Christopher/Alamy
Associated Press
Three people have been killed and two others wounded in a shooting at the University of Virginia, according to the school’s president.
Police were searching for a suspect, who remains at large.
The shooting, at around 10.30pm on Sunday, “resulted in three fatalities; two additional victims were injured and are receiving medical care,” Jim Ryan said in a letter to the university community posted on social media.
The university’s emergency management issued an alert on Monday night notifying the campus community of an “active attacker firearm”. Students were told to take shelter after a report of shots fired on Culbreth Road on the campus.
The UVA police department posted a notice online saying multiple police agencies including the state police were searching for a suspect who was considered “armed and dangerous”.
Ryan’s letter confirmed the suspect was still at large.
“This is a message any leader hopes never to have to send, and I am devastated that this violence has visited the University of Virginia,“ Ryan wrote. “This is a traumatic incident for everyone in our community and we have cancelled classes for today (Monday, Nov. 14.)”