Two people were killed and four were wounded in a shooting Tuesday at the University of North Carolina's Charlotte campus. The university's office of emergency management tweeted an alert warning that shots had been reported on campus shortly before 6:00 pm, on what was students' last day of classes this academic year. "Run, Hide, Fight. Secure yourself immediately," it said.
Local emergency services said two people had been killed, while another two sustained life-threatening injuries and two more were being treated for less serious wounds. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department identified the shooter as 22-year-old Trystan Andrew Terrell. The University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC) campus police chief Jeff Baker told a press conference that his team "disarmed" and took custody of the suspect after receiving a call around 4:40 pm that someone was "armed with a pistol." He declined to share details about the victims. A local Fox television affiliate identified the dead as male teenagers aged 17 and 18. Video footage posted on social media showed anxious students filing away from the school with their hands raised.
It was not immediately clear which part of the school the shooter targeted. "It was a really scary experience to hear the shots and have to run... I didn't think I would have to experience something like that," one student told NBC News. Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said she was "in shock" after hearing of the rampage.
"My thoughts are with the families of those who lost their lives, those injured, the entire UNCC community and the courageous first responders who sprang into action to help others," she wrote on Twitter.
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