(CNN) Two people are dead after a shooting on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, authorities said Tuesday.

Three people are in critical condition and one other person was injured, UNCC Chief of Police Jeff Baker said.

An officer quickly went to the room where the suspect had fired, disarmed him and took him into custody, Baker said. The suspect was armed with a pistol, he said.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department identified the suspect as Trystan Andrew Terrell, 22. He is in custody with charges against him pending.

"Right now, he is not somebody (who) was on our radar," he said, adding the suspect said nothing while he was being handcuffed.

Read More</s>Family members and friends wait for their loved ones at a staging area after a shooting on the campus of University of North Carolina Charlotte in University City, Charlotte, on April 30, 2019.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Two people were killed and four others wounded, three critically, in a shooting on Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, officials said.

Police said one suspect, who some local media reported was a student at the school, was taken into custody following the rampage on the last day of classes for the academic year. Final exams were scheduled for next week.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department spokeswoman Sandy D'Elosua said the individual who was arrested was believed to have acted alone.

Television station WBTV in Charlotte reported that gunfire erupted about 5.45 pm (2145 GMT, 5.45am Singapore time) near the university's Kennedy Hall administrative building, and that one person had been arrested.

Susan Harden, a professor of education on campus since 2011 who also serves on the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners, expressed disbelief at the gun violence.

"This is a day at the end of the semester, when students are doing performances, presentations ... this is just the worst thing," said Harden said at the police staging area. "Our campus is so safe. So safe. I've never felt unsafe on our campus. I'm heartbroken."

She added, "I've got a student who's barricaded in her dorm right now."

Mecklenburg Emergency Management Services, an independent agency that handles emergency services for the county, confirmed on Twitter that two people were dead on the scene and that four others were taken to a hospital, two of them with life-threatening injuries.

"Absolutely heartbroken to learn of the two deaths at UNC-Charlotte. Details still unfolding, but prayers with those receiving medical care right now," US Representative Mark Walker, a Republican from North Carolina, said on Twitter.

WSOC-TV reported that the shooter was a student at the university.

The suspect was not immediately identified by police, who set up a media staging area near the school.

"Run, Hide, Fight. Secure yourself immediately," the university said on Twitter shortly before 6 p.m. The school said later on its website the campus was on lockdown and that students and staff should "remain in a safe location."

Video footage aired on local television and posted to social media showed scenes - increasingly familiar with the rise of school gun violence in the United States - of students evacuating campus buildings with their hands raised as police officers ran past them towards the scene of the shooting.

A spokeswoman for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department confirmed there had been an active shooter at the university but declined to give any further information.

According to its website, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte enrolls more than 26,500 students and employees 3,000 faculty and staff.

The deadliest mass shooting on a campus of higher education in the United States took place at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, on April 16, 2007, when a South Korean student killed 32 people in a shooting rampage, before killing himself.</s>CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) - Two people were killed and several others wounded when a suspect opened fire at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday, local media reported, adding that the suspect was taken into custody.

WBTV in Charlotte reported that the gunfire erupted about 5:45 p.m. (2145 GMT) near the university’s Kennedy Hall administrative building, and that one person had been arrested.

“Absolutely heartbroken to learn of the two deaths at UNC-Charlotte. Details still unfolding, but prayers with those receiving medical care right now,” U.S. Representative Mark Walker, a Republican from North Carolina, said on Twitter.

WSOC-TV reported that the shooter was a student at the university.

There was no word on the condition of the wounded victims. The suspect was not immediately identified by police, who set up a media staging area near the school.

“Run, Hide, Fight. Secure yourself immediately,” the university said on Twitter shortly before 6 p.m.

The school said on its website the campus was on lockdown and that students and staff should “remain in a safe location.”

Video footage posted to social media showed students evacuating campus buildings with their hands raised as police officers ran past them toward the scene of the shooting.

A spokeswoman for the Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police Department confirmed there had been an active shooter at the university but declined to give any further information.

According to its website, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte enrolls more than 26,500 students and employees 3,000 faculty and staff.</s>Two people were killed and several others wounded when a suspect opened fire at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday, local media reported, adding that the suspect was taken into custody.

 

 Local WBTV in Charlotte reported that two people were slain and several others struck in the gunfire that erupted at about 5:45 p.m. near the university’s Kennedy Hall administrative building, and that one person had been taken into custody.

 

 There was no word on the condition of the wounded victims. The suspect was not immediately identified by police, which set up a media staging area near the school.

 

 “Run, Hide, Fight. Secure yourself immediately,” the university said on Twitter shortly before 6 p.m.

 

 The school said on its website the campus was on lockdown and that students and staff should “remain in a safe location.”

 

 Video footage posted to social media showed students evacuating campus buildings with their hands raised as police officers ran past them toward the scene of the shooting.

 

 A spokeswoman for Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police Department confirmed there had been an active shooter at the university but declined to give any further information.

 

 According to its website the University of North Carolina at Charlotte enrolls more than 26,500 students and employees 3,000 faculty and staff.</s>(Reuters) - A suspect opened fire at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday, and local media reported that three people were wounded before a suspect was taken into custody.

"Run, Hide, Fight. Secure yourself immediately," the university said on Twitter shortly before 6 p.m.

The school said on its website that the campus was on lockdown and that students and staff should "remain in a safe location."

Local WSCO-TV in Charlotte reported that three people were wounded in the gunfire that erupted at about 5:45 p.m. near the university's Kennedy Hall administrative building, and that one person had been taken into custody.

Reuters could not immediately confirm those reports.</s>CHARLOTTE, May 1 — Two people were killed and four others wounded — two with life-threatening injuries — in a shooting yesterday at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, according to the Mecklenburg Emergency Management Services Agency.

Local media reported that a suspect believed to be a student at the school was taken into custody.

Television station WBTV in Charlotte reported that gunfire erupted about 5.45pm (2145 GMT) near the university's Kennedy Hall administrative building, and that one person had been arrested.

The Mecklenburg EMS, an independent agency that handles emergency services for the county, confirmed on Twitter that two people were dead on the scene and that four others were taken to a nearby hospital, two of them with life-threatening injuries. A spokesman, Lester Oliva, also confirmed the casualty toll. — Reuters</s>At least two people were killed in a shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte campus on Tuesday.

Since 2014, there have been at least seven other shootings on or near North Carolina colleges and universities.
• Jan. 31, 2019 -A man was wounded by gunfire near UNC Charlotte's uptown campus. Police said the college campus was not targeted in the shooting and the shooter and victim were not affiliated with the university.
• March 20, 2018 - A 20-year-old University of North Carolina Charlotte student was arrested after he wrote about committing a school shooting. He told a doctor that he "could not wait to buy a gun and shoot the university (UNCC) up."
• Jan. 20, 2018 - A 21-year-old student was shot and killed while attending a social event at Wake Forest University following an altercation.
• Nov. 1, 2015 - A 19-year-old student was shot and killed and another wounded in a shooting at Winston-Salem State University.
• Oct. 25, 2015 - A student was shot and injured at North Carolina Central University.
• April 13, 2015 - A gunman shot and killed an employee of Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The shooter was a former student who had been dismissed from a work-study program for too many absences.
• Feb. 11, 2015 - Three Muslim students were shot and killed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A 46-year-old Chapel Hill man was arrested and charged with killing the three students.

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The three most recent shootings on university campuses across the nation:
• Aug. 20, 2018 - A shootout happened between a man and campus police at Georgia State University the night before classes started.
• March 14, 2018 - One person was shot and killed and another shot and injured at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. A disgruntled employee shot two employees at the UAB Highland Hospital on the campus. The gunman shot and killed himself.
• March 8, 2018 - A person was injured after a shooting at the University of South Alabama.</s>Charlotte: Two people were killed and several others wounded when a suspect opened fire at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday, local media reported, adding that the suspect was taken into custody.

WBTV in Charlotte reported that the gunfire erupted about 5.45pm near the university's Kennedy Hall administrative building, and that one person had been arrested.

"Absolutely heartbroken to learn of the two deaths at UNC-Charlotte. Details still unfolding, but prayers with those receiving medical care right now," US Representative Mark Walker, a Republican from North Carolina, said on Twitter.

WSOC-TV reported that the shooter was a student at the university.</s>Here are the latest updates on Tuesday’s shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (all times local):

Police have identified the suspect in a fatal campus shooting as a 22-year-old man.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police issued a statement late Tuesday identifying the suspect as Trystan Andrew Terrell. They say he’s in custody with charges pending.

Authorities have said he used a pistol to open fire on students in a classroom building at UNC-Charlotte, killing two and wounding four.

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His grandfather, Paul Rold of Arlington, Texas, says Terrell had moved to Charlotte two years ago with his father.

Rold told The Associated Press that the actions don’t sound like his grandson. He said: “This is not in his DNA.”

North Carolina’s governor has vowed to take a hard look at how to keep guns away from universities and schools after a fatal shooting at a campus.

Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, addressed reporters near the University of North Carolina-Charlotte campus hours after a gunman killed two and wounded four others.

He said students shouldn’t fear for their lives, nor parents fear for their children’s safety when they go off to school. He said: “This violence has to stop.”

He didn’t provide specifics other than to say he planned to review everything involved in the shooting and work on ways to prevent others from happening.

A North Carolina university police chief says officers arrived within minutes to the room in a campus building where a shooting happened, disarming the gunman.

University of North Carolina-Charlotte Police Chief Jeff Baker said that a call came in at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday that a suspect armed with a pistol had shot several students.

Baker said officers were able to apprehend and disarm the suspect in the room where it happened. He declined to release the suspect’s name.

Baker says his officers saved lives with their speed.

He said two people were killed, and three remained in critical condition. He said a fourth person’s injuries were less serious.

Police say a suspect is in custody in a fatal campus shooting that killed two people and injured four.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a statement on Twitter Tuesday evening that one person is in custody and no one else is believed to be involved.

Police at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte were going through campus buildings to tell anyone still sheltering in place that the scene is secure.

The Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency has said two people were found dead at the scene, two others have life-threatening injuries and two others have injuries that are not life-threatening.

Emergency medical officials say two people are dead and four injured in a shooting at a North Carolina university.

Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency said on Twitter that two people were found dead at the scene, two others have life-threatening injuries and two others have injuries that are not life-threatening.

UNC Charlotte issued a campus lockdown on Tuesday after reports that shots had been fired. It’s unclear whether the victims are students or whether a suspect is in custody.

Aerial shots from local television news outlets showed police officers running toward a building, while another view showed students running on a campus sidewalk.

A North Carolina university has issued an alert for students to remain in a safe location following reports of an apparent shooting.

UNC Charlotte issued a campus lockdown on Tuesday after reports that shots had been fired.

Aerial shots from local television news outlets showed police officers running toward a building, while another view showed students running on a campus sidewalk.

It was not immediately clear whether anyone had been shot or whether a suspect was in custody. School officials couldn’t be reached for immediate comment Tuesday evening.

The campus was to host a concert at the school’s football stadium.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Read our editorial standards.</s>CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The suspect has been charged with murder after two people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Tuesday, WSOC reports.

Law enforcement sources confirmed to FOX8 the suspect is 22-year-old Trystan Andrew Terrell, a student of UNCC.

WSOC reports Terrell has been charged with two counts of murder, four counts of attempted murder, four counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, possession of a firearm on educational property and discharging a firearm on educational property.

The shooting happened at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, the last day of spring semester classes.

The university tweeted that shots were reported near the Kennedy Building.

Police have not released the names of the two people killed or the four people injured. Three of the people injured are in critical condition.

Authorities have not said what led up to the shooting.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are assisting university police in the case. The FBI is also on campus assisting in the investigation.

The lockdown at the university was lift as of about 5 a.m. Wednesday morning.

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro baseball team was scheduled to play UNC Charlotte Tuesday.

The UNCG team tweeted following the shooting, "Everyone with the UNCG Baseball team is safe and sound. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families, students and Charlotte community that were injured or lost their lives in this tragedy."

The game was canceled, but the school is now planning a vigil and moment of silence for 6 p.m. Wednesday evening in solidarity with the UNCC community.
Six people are shot, two fatally, on the last day of classes at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The gunman was taken into custody after he ran out of ammunition.