1 student dead, 2 injured in shooting at Sacramento City College

Thursday, September 3, 2015
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- Police believe a verbal dispute escalated into gunfire leaving one student dead and another person seriously wounded at Sacramento City College.

A man opened fire at a campus parking lot around 4 p.m. Thursday.

Police urged students and staff to take cover inside campus buildings. Officials eventually lifted the campus-wide lockdown and canceled evening classes.

The shooting suspect is described as Pacific Islander male with a white shirt and beige cargo shorts. He was last seen fleeing on foot from scene and police are still looking for him.


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Sacramento police say the victims were both men. Police say a third shooting victim had a graze wound and did not need medical treatment.



Witnesses said there were four or five shots, then they heard screaming and saw students running.


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