Shelter In Place Lifted As Suspect Dead and 8 Injured In Attack At Ohio State University

Local media in Columbus, Ohio are reporting that one suspect is dead, and police are searching for more suspects after a mass shooting left at least eight people injured at Ohio State University. The University has lifted the shelter in place order, but all classes are canceled.

6ABC reported:

Suspect dead, police continue to look for other possible suspects in an active shooting incident at @OhioState: https://t.co/8aCpEaxZas pic.twitter.com/1gOnQpB6h8

— Action News on 6abc (@6abc) November 28, 2016

Here is a picture of students barricading themselves in a classroom while on lockdown:

DRAMATIC IMAGE: Students Barricade Themselves Into Classroom During Shooting At Ohio State University pic.twitter.com/wz6jmHtYRR

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 28, 2016

Video of first responders arriving via the BBC:

7 people in hospital after gunman fires shots at Ohio State University – Ohio Fire dept https://t.co/mq0ZRYmHTo https://t.co/WtZwLAMfqU

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 28, 2016

The Ohio State shooting comes a little more than two weeks before the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting that killed 20 children and six adults.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) has spent the years after Sandy Hook trying to pass common sense gun reform.

Sen. Murphy tweeted:

I'm equal parts devastated for Ohio State / furious we allow this to keep happening. The 46th school shooting this year – 1 per week.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) November 28, 2016

The shelter in place order has been lifted:

UPDATE 1/2 : Shelter in Place lifted. Scene is now secure. ALL classes are canceled on Columbus campus for the remainder of the day.

— OSU Emergency Mngmnt (@OSU_EMFP) November 28, 2016

The car and knife attack demonstrated that violence comes in all forms. As a nation, we must come together to confront the causes of mass atttacks.

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