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Five people were wounded in a shooting involving multiple suspects at Virginia State University early Saturday, prompting a campus lockdown and police investigation just as students get rea...
Residents say multiple gunshots and screaming woke them early Saturday as Virginia Beach police investigated a reported gunshot wound at an apartment complex.
Five people were injured in the shooting involving multiple suspects. One person is currently listed in critical condition, the university said.
A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown early Saturday.
Five people were wounded in a shooting involving multiple suspects at Virginia State University early Saturday, prompting a campus lockdown and police investigation just as students get rea...
Five people were wounded in a shooting involving multiple suspects at Virginia State University early Saturday, prompting a campus lockdown and police investigation just as students get rea...
Five people were wounded in a shooting involving multiple suspects at Virginia State University early Saturday.
Police have issued an update
A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown and police investigation early Saturday
Five people were shot and wounded in a shooting involving multiple suspects at Virginia State University, officials said.
The shooting has rocked campus before classes are set to begin on Monday
Virginia State University is a historically Black university located in Ettrick, Virginia, about 24 miles south of the state capital of Richmond.
Virginia State University said the shooting involved multiple suspects and took place near the Quad Annexes.
A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown and police investigation early Saturday.
A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown early on Saturday. It happened near the university’s Quad Annexes, where...
Multiple suspects were involved in the incident in the early hours of Saturday, the university said.
It happened near the university's Quad Annexes, where campus police and Chesterfield County officers discovered five people suffering from gunshot wounds outside campus dormitories.
The school issued a statement.
The school issued a statement.
The school issued a statement.
The school issued a statement.
The school issued a statement.
The school issued a statement.
Five people were wounded in a shooting involving multiple suspects at Virginia State University early Saturday, prompting a campus lockdown and police investigation just as students get rea...
A shooting at Virginia State University Saturday sent five to the hospital, with four suffering non-life-threatening injuries and the fifth in critical condition. Officials at the school, a...
Five people were shot, with one critically injured, at Virginia State University (VSU), sending the campus into lockdown early Saturday morning. Police said several suspects were involved i...
The incident took place overnight, prompting a campus lockdown as one person is currently in critical condition following the shooting.
Five people were injured by multiple shooters at Virginia State University in Ettrick, Va., early Saturday morning. One person is critically injured.
Virginia State University went into lockdown on Saturday morning after multiple people were injured in a shooting involving "multiple suspects." The post JUST IN: Multiple People Injured in...
Law enforcement officials are investigating a shooting that injured five people at Virginia State University, south of Richmond, on Saturday morning. One person remains in critical conditio...
Five people were wounded in a shooting at Virginia State University days before classes are set to begin, prompting a lockdown.
School said shooting involved ‘multiple suspects’ as campus was locked down and police responded to scene Multiple people were injured in a shooting at Virginia State University (VSU), poli...
The campus of Virginia State University in South Chesterfield, Virginia, is currently on lockdown after reports of a shooting that left multiple people hospitalized.
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Aug 15, 1:09 PM: WMUR9 (Hearst, Manchester NH) joined the source map.
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Now: Wording Gap is 75/99 and story health is stable · 46 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.