US: University of North Carolina faculty member fatally shot on campus, suspect in custody

A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member was shot and killed on campus on Monday afternoon, and a suspect has been apprehended, a school official said, according to CNN. People sought shelter for several hours while police conducted their investigation following the tragedy. Shots were reportedly fired at the school’s Caudill Laboratories around 1:02 pm ET. Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz announced that a suspect had been arrested just after 2:30 p.m.
The names of the suspect and the faculty member were not immediately released. According to CNN, UNC Police Chief Brian James said on Monday night that it was still too early to ascertain the shooting’s purpose. “We really want to know the ‘why’ in this case and what led to it,” James said, adding that the gun used in the shooting had not been found.
“This loss is devastating and the shooting damages the trust and safety that we so often take for granted in our campus community. We will work to rebuild that sense of trust and safety within our community,” Guskiewicz said, as reported by CNN. Around 1 pm, the school had sent out a warning to the students instructing them to take cover, later adding that a suspect was still at large. Later on in the afternoon, the university gave the “all clear”.
According to officials, classes and campus events on Monday and Tuesday were cancelled.
The school’s second week of the fall semester is currently underway. Around 32,000 students attend the university, together with over 4,000 faculty members and 9,000 staff personnel, CNN reported.