Suspect found hiding in Seward Hall closet, held without bond
Police arrested Camron Harris, a 19-year-old, hours after he allegedly fired from a gun, wounding five people on the Virginia State University campus, local officials said. Harris does not attend the school.
Officers found Harris about 4 p.m. Saturday hiding in a closet in Seward Hall on campus and took him into custody, WTVR-TV in Richmond, Virginia, reported. He was held at the Chesterfield County Jail without bond on suspicion of four counts of malicious wounding and four counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Police said additional charges may be filed.
The shooting occurred around 1:30 a.m. Saturday on the university’s campus. The five victims ranged in age from 17 to 23. A 21-year-old man sustained critical injuries, while the other four, including a 19-year-old woman, had non-life-threatening injuries, WRIC-TV in Richmond reported.
Only one of the wounded, a 20-year-old man, was a student at the university, and he has been released from the hospital.
The campus had not yet begun fall classes at the time of the shooting, but officials placed the school on lockdown until about 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Classes were expected to begin Monday.
Virginia State University is a historically Black university with about 5,100 undergraduate students.