Authorities: 1 killed, 3 wounded in US University

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Last Updated : Oct 23 2015 | 10:57 PM IST
One man was killed and three women were wounded in an on-campus shooting stemming from a fight over a dice game on the campus of Tennessee State University, police said today.
Nineteen-year-old Cameron Selmon died in the yesterday night shooting.
He was not enrolled at the school, police spokesman Don Aaron said.
It wasn't known whether the shooter, who fled the scene, was a student.
The shooting occurred in a courtyard around 10:50 p.M.
Witnesses said an argument over the dice game boiled over into a fistfight when "suddenly shots were fired," Aaron said.

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Three female students whom Aaron described as "innocent passers-by" were struck during the shooting.
One was grazed and didn't require medical attention, while two others were taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with injuries.
One had been released by today morning, while the other was in stable condition and was expected to make a full recovery, Aaron said.
"This was an isolated shooting incident in a courtyard," Aaron said.
"There were never, we believe, any other students in danger in dormitories or elsewhere on campus."
Several students used their phones to record the fight.
Police have obtained some video, but encouraged other students who scattered when the shooting began to come forward with further recordings and information.
Police did not yet have a description of the suspect, and could not say whether an exchange of gunfire occurred until the evidence is analyzed.
The incident comes just over a week after three people were wounded by gunfire at an off-campus party across the street from the school.
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First Published: Oct 23 2015 | 10:57 PM IST

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