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| Deadly shooting at Seattle Pacific University | Deadly shooting at Seattle Pacific University |
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| One person has been killed and three others wounded in a shooting on the campus of Seattle Pacific University. | |
| Hospital officials said the person killed was a man in his 20s. A 20-year-old woman is also in a critical condition, they added. | Hospital officials said the person killed was a man in his 20s. A 20-year-old woman is also in a critical condition, they added. |
| Police in the US city, in Washington state, said a suspect had been detained. | |
| A student disarmed the gunman and several other students held him until police arrived, officers said. | |
| In a statement, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray referred to previous fatal shootings in the city and added: "Once again the epidemic of gun violence has come to Seattle, the epidemic of gun violence that is haunting this nation." | |
| Harborview Medical Center said that the other two people injured were both in a satisfactory condition. | Harborview Medical Center said that the other two people injured were both in a satisfactory condition. |
| No details about the suspect have been released and the circumstances of the shooting are not yet clear. Seattle Pacific is a privately run Christian university, with some 4,000 students. | No details about the suspect have been released and the circumstances of the shooting are not yet clear. Seattle Pacific is a privately run Christian university, with some 4,000 students. |
| The US has recently suffered a spate of shootings in or near colleges. | The US has recently suffered a spate of shootings in or near colleges. |