HOUSTON – A student was killed and another person was wounded during a shooting outside atTexas Southern University student-housing complex on Friday, and police have detained two men for questioning, authorities said.
The university quickly went on lockdown after the shooting was reported around 11:30 a.m. in a parking lot at theUniversity Courtyard Apartments, a university-owned complex on the edge of the Houston campus. Students and teachers were told to stay inside until the lockdown was lifted Friday afternoon after the two men were detained, but police said no arrests have been made.
The incident marked the third shooting on or near the campus in less than a week, though it’s unclear whether the shootings were related. Friday’s shootings also came the same day as a fatal shooting at Northern Arizona University, and about a week after eight students and a teacher were fatally shot at a community college in Oregon.
“Like President Obama says, this is getting to be too regular,” Texas Southern President John Rudley said during a Friday afternoon news conference.
Rudley said the Texas Southern student who was killed was a freshman, though his name and age haven’t been released. The second victim, whose name also hasn’t been released, was shot twice and is hospitalized in stable condition, Houston police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said.