Officials: 1 in custody after US college shooting

Richmond County sheriff's officials said in a news release that one person was shot at Paine College in Georgia

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APPTI Augusta (US)
Last Updated : May 06 2014 | 8:37 AM IST
Officials say a suspect is in custody after a person was shot at a college in the US.

Richmond County sheriff's officials said in a news release that one person was shot at Paine College in Georgia. The shooting today prompted a lockdown at Paine and several nearby campuses, including Georgia Regents University.

Georgia Regents University says on its official Facebook page that a suspect is in custody.

The condition of the person shot at Paine was not immediately clear. The shooting came a day after another shooting on Paine's campus, though it was not known if the two incidents are related.

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First Published: May 06 2014 | 2:34 AM IST

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