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| Halloween party shooting at California university | Halloween party shooting at California university |
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| At least four people have been wounded in a shooting incident at a Halloween party at the University of Southern California (USC), in Los Angeles. | |
| Campus news outlet Neon Tommy said the incident took place at 23:30 local time (06:30 GMT). Police confirmed that there were casualties. | |
| At least one suspect has been detained. | |
| The university shut down the campus and urged students to stay away from the area of the shooting, amid earlier reports of a gunman at large. | |
| Witnesses reported a "mob of people" fleeing from the main campus building. | Witnesses reported a "mob of people" fleeing from the main campus building. |
| "Everyone started running. I saw a guy who was shot in the leg. He was limping and screaming for his friends to help him," one witness said, quoted by the Los Angeles Times newspaper. | |
| "People were screaming and running away." | |
| USC's Department of Public Safety issued alerts asking students to stay away from the area, stay indoors and avoid opening the door to strangers. | |
| In 2008, University of Southern California sprinter Bryshon Nellum was shot in the leg three times at a Halloween party just off the campus. | |
| He recovered and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400m relay at the London 2012 Olympics. |