UCA Shooting: 2 Dead, 1 Injured

Two people were killed and another wounded on Sunday night on the University of Central Arkansas campus in the city of Conway. First shots were fired at 9:19 p.m. outside Snow Fine Arts Building. Two people were killed and one was treated and released from an area hospital.

UCA Police spokeswoman Lt. Rhonda Swindle said that an officer heard shots near a male dormitory and behind the campus police station and was on the scene in less than a minute. He observed one person down on a sidewalk. Two others were discovered by paramedics inside a nearby building.

Witnesses heard as many as 5 gun shots and reported that the suspects ran into Arkansas Hall after the shooting. One suspect has been taken into custody and three remain at large. Police interrogated a person of interest well into the night according to Swindle, through he has not been charged.

UCA President Tom Courtway reported that an automated notification system was triggered at 9:38 p.m. that launched phone calls and e-mails to students. Courtway has canceled all Monday classes for the 12,500 students and has encouraged them to remain in their dorms. Police cruisers were visible through the night as they circled the campus. The bodies of the two victims were taken to the State Crime Lab in Little Rock for autopsies.

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