Two people were injured after a shooting at Virginia’s Old Dominion University that left the gunman dead after a swift police response Thursday morning, according to the school.
The gunman opened fire in the technology building at the public research college in Norfolk just before 10:50 a.m.
The gunman opened fire in the technology building at Old Dominion University, a public research college in Norfolk. AP“I heard about a multitude of gunshots go off and people just screaming,” sophomore Logan Hayes, who was taking an exam at the time in the Constant Hall building, told WAVY.
He said the fire alarm went off and he ran out of the building, which was when he heard the gunshots.
Police ensured that the students were taken somewhere safe once the shooting started, Hayes added.
The two injured students were rushed to a local hospital following the shooting at around 10:50 a.m., where their conditions are unknown.
At 11:30 a.m., the school issued an update that the shooter had been “neutralized.”
The gunman opened fire in the technology building at the public research college in Norfolk just before 10:50 a.m. AP
The two injured students were rushed to a local hospital following the shooting at around 10:50 a.m., where their conditions are unknown. APThe gunman has not been identified, and it isn’t known if he was a student at ODU.
All classes and operations on the main campus have been suspended for the day, ODU said in a statement to students.
The university first put out an alert urging students to “follow Run-Hide-Fight protocols.”
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger said she was monitoring the situation closely.
“I have spoken with university leadership. My Administration remains in close contact with local emergency responders as state support is being mobilized to assist ODU and Norfolk,” she said in a post on X.
