At least three people, including at least one student, have been injured in a shooting at Oklahoma State University’s main campus in Stillwater early Sunday morning, according to police.
The university’s police department responded to Carreker East, a three-story residential hall on campus, at around 3:40 a.m. after victims arriving at off-campus locations reported the incident.
All of the victims are receiving treatment at local hospitals in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
“Based on the investigation thus far, it appears that there was a large off-campus party at the Payne County Expo Center,” police said in the update. “When that party ended around 2:30 a.m., a group of individuals came to campus to have an ‘after party.'”
The shots were fired outside of Carreker East following “a disagreement between individuals,” police said. Officers from the university’s police department and the Stillwater Police Department arrived “within minutes” to the residence hall and secured the scene.
“The suspect is no longer on campus,” police said. “As the event happened, all parties left campus.”
While police said there is no ongoing threat to the campus as this was an isolated incident, they are asking everyone who does not live in Carreker East to avoid the area, and for anyone with information on the incident to get in touch.
The university’s police department is investigating the incident along with help from the Stillwater Police Department and the Payne County Sheriff’s Office, police said. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is assisting in processing evidence from the scene.
This is the latest incident in a wave of gun violence at universities and schools over the last week.
In Mississippi, a total of 10 people were killed in Leland, Heidelberg, Alcorn State University and Jackson State University as schools were celebrating homecoming.
On Oct. 4, South Carolina State University went into lockdown after two unrelated shootings on the campus left one person dead and two people injured.
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