One killed, three others wounded in Seattle college shooting
Posted: Jun 5, 2014 9:52 PM CDT | Updated: Nov 5, 2014 2:43 PM CDT

SEATTLE (CBS) -- A gunman opened fire Thursday afternoon in a building at Seattle Pacific University, killing one person and wounding three others before one student grabbed his gun and several others tackled him, police said.
The shooting happened about 3:30 p.m. in Otto Miller Hall, CBS affiliate KIRO reported.
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Police said the suspect entered the building, shot four people in the foyer and began reloading his shotgun.
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At that point a student who served as a building monitor confronted the shooter and grabbed the gun, struggling with the gunman and pushing him to the floor, said West Precinct Capt. Chris Fowler.
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\"Other students jumped on top of him and were able to pin him to the ground until police arrived,\" Fowler said.
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The suspect was under arrest.
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Paramedics transported four victims to Harborview Medical Center, where a 20-year-old man died, hospital officials said.
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A 20-year-old woman was in critical condition and undergoing surgery, hospital officials said. Two other men, ages 24 and 22, were in satisfactory condition.
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The campus, located about 10 minutes from downtown Seattle, was placed on lockdown as first reports of the shooting were received. Traffic around the school was blocked.
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\"Campus is in lockdown due to shooting near Otto Miller Hall. Classes are suspended. Please do not come to campus,\" the university posted on its website.
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\"Our heartfelt prayers are with the entire community,\" the university later posted.
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Police initially said there was a second suspect in custody, but later said there was only one person under arrest and no other suspects were being sought. They said Otto Miller Hall had been secured.
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The building houses the school's math, computer science, engineering, physics and science education departments.
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Students said they were shocked by the violence at the Christian university, which has about 4,200 undergraduate and graduate students.
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\"Right away it was like my heart had sunk because it is such a safe place and close, tight-knit community,\" senior Nate Johnson told KIRO. \"I have a lot of friends who are science majors and engineering majors who would have been in Otto Miller, a lot of friends in the athletic building, which is just across the street.\"
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