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1 killed, 1 wounded in shooting at Texas Southern University

Xinhua, October 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

One student was killed and another person was injured after a shooting happened at Texas Southern University (TSU) on Friday, local media reported.

The incident, which occurred at a student housing complex at the university around 11:30 a.m. local time, left an 18-year-old freshman student dead and the injured, not confirmed as a student, was sent to hospital in stable condition, according to local TV station KTRK.

Investigators said that an argument may be the cause of the shooting, the two suspects, unclear if they are TSU students, were detained by police but the third suspect remains at large.

The university was locked down for several hours and classes were canceled for the remainder of the day.

The shooting is the third in recent weeks on or near the TSU campus, but it is unclear if the shootings are related.

The university plans to beef up security after the shooting incidents.

"Now we're going to have to wake up and be more concerned by safety. Beef up our safety and work in conjunction with Houston police department more," said John Rudley, TSU president.

On Friday morning, a shooting at Northern Arizona University also caused the death of one student and the injury of three others.

So far this year, a total of 48 shooting incidents have reportedly happened on a school campus in the country, and of those shootings, 27 were classified as attacks that resulted in injury or death. Enditem