3 shot, 1 killed near baseball field at California college – Fox News

Sept. 3, 2015: A police officer stands guard as Sacramento City College was on lockdown while police search the area after a shooting. (Renée C. Byer/The Sacramento Bee via AP)

One person was killed and two others injured in a shooting Thursday near a baseball field on the campus of a California college, officials said.

The shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. local time at Sacramento City College, Rick Brewer, the school’s public information officer, told Fox News.

The campus, located in Sacramento, Calif., was placed on official lockdown inside the police perimeter, but officers were releasing groups of students and staff as they cleared buildings, authorities said. Evening classes were canceled following the incident.

All three victims were men. One has been declared dead, one was being treated at a hospital and one was taken to a hospital but required no treatment, police said. No further details on the injuries were released.

Dustin Poore of Los Rios police, who patrol the campus, told the Associated Press the shooting Thursday afternoon began as a verbal dispute between a group of men, one of whom pulled out a gun and fired.

Sacramento Police said in a series of tweets the shooting took place in a parking lot near a baseball field on the southern edge of campus, and the suspect was described as a man wearing a white shirt and beige cargo shorts.

Latest suspect info:1 suspect who is not in custody, male Tongan white shirt/beige cargo shorts, last seen fleeing foot from the shooting

— Sacramento Police (@SacPolice) September 4, 2015

Update: Shooting occurred in a parking lot, just north of Sutterville Rd, south edge of campus pic.twitter.com/N9QTuyEAS4

— Sacramento Police (@SacPolice) September 4, 2015

Police said it wasn’t immediately clear whether the gunman or the victims have any connection to the college.

Freshman Kimberly Jenkins said she was coming out of class when police descended on the school, telling the Sacramento Bee that “We saw the cop cars just zoom through” campus from all directions.

Jackie Flores, 50, who lives across the street from the parking lot, said she heard four or five shots. “It all happened so fast,” she told the Bee.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.