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U.S. college locked down after reported shooting

Xinhua, April 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

A community college campus in the U.S. state of North Carolina was locked down Monday morning after a reported shooting.

Early Monday, a message appeared on the website of Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina, which read "This is not a drill. The entire campus is under lockdown."

According to local media, the shooting reportedly took place at a campus library, but further details about the circumstance of the incident were not available at the moment.

The Goldsboro News-Argus quoted college officials in a tweet as saying one suspect had been taken under control by police and that the incident was not a hostage situation.

One victim was shot during the incident with conditions unknown, said the report. Endi