Another shhoting at University Texas A&M. Officer killed, others injured.

[Admiral]

An officer has been killed in a shooting near Texas A&M University, according to media reports citing police.
Multiple people, including another officer, were also injured in the incident.

Texas A&M University says a shooter has been taken into custody near its campus in College Station.
The university issued an alert on its website just before 12:30 p.m. Monday warning of an active shooter near the campus football stadium, Kyle Field. The warning tells residents and students to avoid the area.

Seaton says the shooting happened within a block or two of campus sometime before 12:45 p.m. She says police have one suspect in custody.

Texas A&M spokeswoman Sherylon Carroll could not confirm any injuries or details about the shooting, but said most students were not on campus Monday and the fall semester does not begin until August 27.

"It appeared to be fairly quiet," Carroll said of campus. "It didn't appear to be a lot of people out and about at that particular time."

Officers have established a perimeter around the area just east of the campus, but they don't believe a second suspect is involved, said Bryan police spokesman Jon Agnew.

Agnew said police don't know if the shooter was a student at A&M.

College Station lies about 145 kilometres northwest of Houston.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/08/13/texas-shooting-am-university.html

 

[Fatso]

The Americans should reconsider changing their gun laws.

 

[Curly]

Video clip.

 

[BEER]

CNN) -- A Texas constable and two others were killed Monday in a shooting near Texas A&M University, police said.

Scott McCollum, assistant chief with the College Station police department, told reporters Monday afternoon that the three people killed were the constable, the man authorities say exchanged gunfire with law enforcement officers and an unidentified 65-year-old male civilian.

The dead included Brian Bachmann, a constable in Brazos County, according to McCollum. According to his Facebook campaign page, Bachmann was a 41-year-old from College Station who had been a Brazos County sheriff's deputy since 1993. The county's website indicated that his four-year term as constable was set to expire on December 31, 2014.

"He was a pillar in this community, and it's sad and tragic that we've lost him today," McCollum said.

The assistant police chief didn't offer details on the suspected gunman, beyond saying he was in his mid-30s. As to the third victim, a post on the city of College Station's official Twitter page identified him as a "civilian bystander."

Four others suffered injuries in the prolonged ordeal, which occurred a few blocks from the Texas A&M campus.
They include a law enforcement officer who was shot in the calf and two other officers who suffered "non-life threatening injuries," McCollum said. A 55-year-old female civilian was also shot and was undergoing surgery Monday afternoon at a hospital, according to the assistant police chief.

He explained that police got a call shortly after 12:10 p.m. from "a citizen" indicating shots had been fired in the residential area just south of the university campus. He added that the constable had gone to the residence to deliver an "eviction notice."

Texas A&M issued a Code Maroon -- the university's emergency notification system -- at 12:29 p.m., telling people to avoid the area where there was a report of an "active shooter."
By then, two law enforcement officers who were nearby had responded and found the constable down in the front yard of a home. They "received fire from the suspect inside, ... took cover and defended themselves," McCollum said, noting other officers were then called to the scene.

"They ended up shooting the gunman," said the assistant police chief.
At 12:44 p.m., Texas A&M posted another Code Maroon update on its website indicating the suspect was by then "in custody."

Officer Jon Agnew with the Bryan Police Department -- a community that's adjacent to College Station -- noted the shooting occurred in a "residential area." He and McCollum said authorities were investigating, and they stressed that authorities had control of the scene.

"The area is secure," Agnew said. "We feel the community is safe for right now."

 

[DonCorleo]

The Americans should reconsider changing their gun laws.

Will never work. Any politician that brings it up will be crucified "during the vote day"

 

[Jerkthis]

It's time to tighten up the gun laws in the US but you're right Don, the politicians don't have the stones.

 

[Alomar]

It's time to tighten up the gun laws in the US but you're right Don, the politicians don't have the stones.

Not the stone. It's the votes that they want. More rednecks than minority will always rule in their books.

 

[HOF]

To all those potential University and College students!

University of Phoenix (on-line) there's no shooting!

As bad as these situations are, I'm sorry to say, it's not shocking and has become common place. Tomorrow somewhere, there will be another or worse situation.

 

[Ozzie]

What you talking about Willis?

University of Phoenix (on-line) there's no shooting!