Gunman reported at Florida State University campus Florida State shooting injures three Gunman is killed by police after shooting and injuring three students in a Florida State University library. Three people were wounded, one critically, when a gunman opened fire at a Florida university library and was shot dead by police early on Thursday, officials said. Officers confronted the attacker outside Florida State University's Strozier Library soon after midnight, ordered him to drop his weapon, then shot him when he fired on them, Tallahassee police said. Three people were wounded, police spokesman David Northway told reporters, without giving further details. Officials at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare hospital said two victims were being treated for gunshot wounds. Police cordon off the campus as they investigate the shooting. Photo: AP/Steve Cannon One of them was in critical condition, and the other was stable, a spokeswoman added. Dozens of police swarmed the university campus following reports of a "dangerous situation" on the campus. "It was the most cops I've ever seen in my life," Matthew Paskert, photo editor of the student newspaper, wrote on Twitter. Tallahassee police investigate a shooting outside the Strozier library on the Florida State University campus. Photo: Mark Wallheiser/AP It seemed to take students and faculty at least that I've heard by complete surprise. No one expected this to ever happen here. You see it happen at other schools. Graduate student Alexandra Lauren told CNN that she was in the library at the time of the shooting. A Tallahassee police officer talks to several students outside the Strozier library on the Florida State University. "We heard the gunshots, and then it was in a matter of seconds the entire first floor just seemed to go into chaos," Lauren said, her voice wavering. It was very scary. I'm just more heartbroken than anything else. FSU means a lot to me," she added. The incident occurred near the campus' Strozier Library, which is located next to a dormitory. Students say it is not unusual for the library to be busy at that time of night, especially with final exams in coming days. Amid the chaos, students took to social media to describe the scene at FSU. It was the latest in a series of shootings in schools and colleges that have prompted regular debates about gun control in the United States. In September, a student at Indiana State University was arrested after shooting another student inside a residence hall. In June, a gunman armed with a shotgun opened fire at a small Christian college in Seattle, killing on person and wounding two others. A 15-year-old gunman killed four other students in the cafeteria of a Seattle-area high school before turning the gun in himself last month. Wires and Fairfax Media reporters