One person was killed and three others injured in an early morning shooting at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
The suspected gunman is in custody, and the campus was not on lockdown following the incident. The three victims are currently being treated at Flagstaff Medical Center.
The first police call about the gunfire came in at 1:20 a.m. local time on Friday, according to Cindy Brown, the school's public relations director. The shooting occurred in a parking lot outside Mountainview Hall dormitory at the northeast side of the Flagstaff campus.
#NAUAlert: Details confirmed 4 victims, 1 fatality, 3 wounded. Shooter is in custody. Situation is stabilized. Campus not on lockdown.— NAU (@NAU) October 9, 2015
Delta Chi Fraternity confirmed that members of the frat were involved in the shooting but did not elaborate on what role they played.
Eighteen-year-old Steven Jones, a student at the university, was identified as the shooter.
Delta Chi fraternity says frat members involved in @NAU shooting pic.twitter.com/CJqFxLD9yQ via @polly— Mashable News (@MashableNews) October 9, 2015
The shooting took place during a confrontation between two groups of students, said NAU Police Department Chief Greg Fowler.
"The confrontation turned physical. One of our students, Steven Jones, 18, produced a handgun and he shot four of our other students,” said Fowler during a Friday morning press briefing. “We don’t know what caused the confrontation.”
All 4 victims @NAU shooting students , shooter is a freshman lived on campus pic.twitter.com/7eP1Utafec— Anita Roman Fox 10 (@ANITAROMANFOX10) October 9, 2015
The University later identified the four students who were shot. Colin Brough, a business students at the university, died. Three others Nicholas Prato, Kyle Zientek and Nicholas Piring, were wounded but their ages and condition are still unknown.
NAU plays a major role in the northern Arizona city of Flagstaff. The four-year public university has more than 25,000 total undergraduates.
Additional information from the Associated Press.