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Florida State University was struck with terror in the wee hours of Thursday morning (Nov. 20), when a gunman opened fire outside Strozier Library.

Via AP:

Officers confronted the gunman and ordered him to drop his weapon, but he fired one shot at them and they unleashed a volley of shots, Tallahassee Police spokesman Dave Northway said.

While police did not say if the wounded were shot by the gunman, senior Sarah Evans from Miami said she was inside the library and heard a male student say he had been shot. When she looked at him, he was on the ground with blood spreading on his pants leg.

Northway said authorities did not believe there were any other threats related to the incident. Shortly after 4 a.m., a loud tone sounded across the campus followed by an announcement that the campus was “all clear.”

At the same time, authorities allowed hundreds of students who had been shepherded in a classroom building next to Strozier Library, a multistory building in the center of the Tallahassee campus, to return to their homes.

Florida State President John Thrasher is presently hurrying his way back to Tallahassee, FL from New York City. While the campus is still open, all Thursday classes have been cancelled.

Stay tuned as the story develops.

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