2nd suspect arrested in college shooting Friend of first suspect in Lone Star College incident tracked to Dallas suburb, now in Harris County jail

Lone Star College students sit near a parking lot after they were evacuated from the campus following a shooting at the north Harris County school Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston. Lone Star College students sit near a parking lot after they were evacuated from the campus following a shooting at the north Harris County school Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Houston. Photo: Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle Photo: Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle Image 1 of / 24 Caption Close 2nd suspect arrested in college shooting 1 / 24 Back to Gallery

A man charged in Tuesday's shooting at Lone Star College was carrying a semiautomatic pistol when he was arrested Friday morning in a Dallas-area suburb, officials said.

Trey Foster told authorities he always carries the gun and had a concealed carry license for it, Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said at a news conference.

"This has been investigated and there is no evidence to support this claim," the sheriff said.

Foster said he bought the weapon legally at a sporting goods store, a claim that remained under review.

Tests will determine whether the pistol can be connected to Tuesday's shooting, which occurred about 12:20 p.m. at the college's North Harris campus, 2700 W. W. Thorne, the sheriff said. At least 10 shots were fired, officials have said, and three people were wounded.

Investigators said they haven't determined whether Foster was the only shooter.

Foster confirmed that "being bumped into" caused the incident, the sheriff said.

According to Garcia, Foster has a gang affiliation but it had nothing to do with the confrontation or its escalation.

Garcia didn't offer details on how Foster was tracked down in Plano. The suspect was taken into custody by members of the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force about 1 a.m. at a home in the Plano area, and was in Harris County Sheriff's Office custody six hours later, Garcia said.

Alfredo Perez, spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service, said Foster has ties to the Plano area and investigators were trying to determine the relationship between him and other people at the home.

Foster was being held Friday in the Harris County jail in lieu of $100,000 bail. He is charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the shooting.

Court records allege that Foster was the gunman. However, authorities earlier charged Carlton Berry, 22, a friend of Foster's, with two counts of aggravated assault. Berry told investigators the shooting may have stemmed from an altercation between Foster and 25-year-old Jody Neal, a GED student at the college.

Berry, Neal and a maintenance worker, 55-year-old Bobby Cliburn, all suffered gunshot wounds.

How Berry was shot remains unclear. Authorities earlier indicated that his wound was accidental and self-inflicted.

An apparent misidentification may have led to initial confusion about who opened fire in the campus incident.

Neal initially identified Berry, who was carried past him on a stretcher at the scene, as the gunman, court records state. However, court records reveal that on Wednesday Neal picked Foster from a photo lineup as the man who shot him.

Garcia said charges remained in place Friday against Berry, who was still in the hospital and in sheriff's office custody. Under Texas law, Berry could remain charged in the shootings if he was a "party" to the offense.

Chronicle reporter Anita Hassan contributed to this report.