A man armed with a pistol opened fire on the final day of classes at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, killing two people and leaving four others wounded — three of them critically, authorities said.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found multiple people with gunshot wounds on the campus. Police identified the suspect as Trystan Terrell, 22. He was taken into custody without incident.
No other suspects are being sought, and charges against him are pending, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said.
Campus was on lockdown for hours
The campus remained on lockdown for hours as a familiar scene replayed at the latest school shooting in the United States.
While authorities worked to clear the buildings and ensure there were no more shooters, panicked students crouched in halls as helicopters buzzed overhead. Officers escorted shell-shocked students out of buildings with their hands above their heads.
University officials sent an alert asking students to follow instructions from officers and warning others to stay away from campus until they received an all clear.
„If you have not contacted your family, please do so,“ the campus tweeted.
Tristan Field said the gunfire started while he was in class.
„He just started shooting during our final presentations and we all ran out,“ Field tweeted. „We were just doing presentations and someone started shooting up the room…. Why here? Why today? Why UNC Charlotte? Why my classroom? What did we do?“
Monifa Drayton, an assistant vice president at Atrium Health, told CNN affiliate WBTV that she was walking into the building where the shooting happened to teach a class when gunfire rang out.
