TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (MyFoxBoston.com/AP) — Florida State University police fatally shot a gunman at the campus library early Thursday in a shooting that left three students wounded as hundreds studying inside the library fled or took cover in panic.
Police say the gunman opened fire at 12:30 a.m. inside the Strozier Library, a multistory building at the center of the Tallahassee campus.
Officers confronted the gunman and ordered him to drop his weapon, but he fired one shot at them and they unleashed a volley of shots, Tallahassee Police spokesman Dave Northway said.
Northway said authorities did not believe there were any other threats related to the incident. The lockdown was later lifted and the school said on its verified Twitter account that the area was secure.
A campus telephone alert urged people to take shelter in a nearby building and stay away from doors and windows.
Florida State President John Thrasher, who took office earlier this month, released a statement on Thursday morning, saying that the three injured students were the University's highest priority.
All classes at FSU were canceled for Thursday.
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