Police have shot and wounded a man who stabbed four people inside a downtown Columbus building this afternoon. Get details from 10TV.com.

A man carrying multiple knives entered a downtown building and stabbed four people at a career college inside a downtown building Wednesday afternoon and was shot by a Columbus police officer as he left the building.

The incident occurred at about 12:40 p.m. the Continental Centre, located at 150 E. Gay Street, 10TV’s Kurt Ludlow reported.

Columbus police Sgt. Rich Weiner said that the man entered the building that houses the Columbus campus of Miami-Jacobs Career College and confronted people at the school's admissions office.

Two people were stabbed inside the college. Two others were stabbed inside the building's lobby as the suspect attempted to leave.

Two of the stabbing victims were in critical condition, a third was stable and another was released from a hospital on Wednesday evening.

Three of the stabbing victims were transported to Grant Medical Center. Another person was transported to Mount Carmel West Hospital, 10TV’s Tanisha Mallett reported.

The suspect was in critical condition.

The Attorney General's Office said that one of the victims was a staff member of the AG's Office. The person's name was not immediately released.

A female officer initially used a Taser on the man who allegedly was involved in the incident, police said. She then shot the man, who was then transported to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in critical condition.

"We don't know what led up to this," said Columbus police Sgt. Rich Weiner.

"She acted courageously," said Jim Gilbert, the president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 9.

Karen Pierson with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office said that she heard six gunshots in a row.

“It sounded like a couple of ‘pow, pow, pow,’” Pierson said. “I heard an officer yelling. I knew it was gunshots.”

Police said that they recovered three knives at the scene.

Dean Mullikin said that he witnessed the stabbings and shooting, 10TV’s Paul Aker reported.

“The officer shot him twice, and he was still coming at her,” Mullikin said. “She was crouched down in front of him. He kind of fell back, and then he came back at her.”

Miami-Jacobs student Renee Roncoa Foster said that she was standing next to a person who was stabbed.

“From the time he walked in, all the way to the time he went out, he came out and he started stabbing random people,” Roncoa Foster said. “He stabbed a guy standing directly next to me.”

The Continental Centre houses several offices, including the Columbus campus of Miami-Jacobs Career College, the Ohio Attorney General's office and a restaurant. The school was placed under lockdown.

Chuck Vella, a spokesman for Miami-Jacobs, said that classes were canceled for Thursday.

“We are very concerned about the victims in today’s attacks, whether they are affiliated with Miami-Jacobs or not,” Vella said.

Police closed North Fourth Street at East Broad Street for their investigation, and drivers were asked to find alternate routes.

Police said that they planned to release the names of those involved on Thursday.