1 person killed in Old Dominion University shooting, 2 other victims hurt; suspect dead
One person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, police said. The suspected shooter is also dead.
Two victims were taken to a Norfolk hospital and another victim took themselves to a hospital in Virginia Beach, Old Dominion Police Chief Garrett Shelton said during a news conference. Shelton didn’t identify the victim who died. The other two victims were in stable condition.
The incident unfolded Thursday morning in Constant Hall, which is part of the College of Business at Old Dominion.
Old Dominion said in an alert that the shooter had been neutralized, without providing further details.
Just after noon, the university sent an all-clear notification.
“The emergency at Constant Hall has ended,” the university said. “There is no longer an active threat to the campus community.”
Kahari, a junior at the university who didn’t provide his last name, told CBS affiliate WTKR-TV he was in class in the building when the shooting happened.
“We heard like faint screaming, and we just like looked back, we didn’t know what it was, and then we heard the screams getting louder, and then that’s when the alarm went off, and everyone just like ran out of the building,” Kahari told WTKR-TV.
Another student told the station that his class fled the building when the fire alarm went off. He initially thought it was a fire drill because there was one about a week ago, and he said he didn’t know about the shooter until he was at a nearby parking garage.
“It was just terrifying, it really was. Everything was just terrifying. Everybody was running, everybody was screaming, we didn’t know what was going on,” the student said.
He said he called his parents as soon as he was able to.
“I couldn’t even get words out, I still really can’t,” he said. “It’s surreal. I mean, you never think this to happen. You woke up, you came to class, you think it’s going to be a normal day and then something like this happens.”
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on X that it had agents on the scene. FBI Director Kash Patel also said the bureau was providing assistance.
The university said classes had been suspended for the remainder of the day.
