Three dead including suspect after 'bow and arrow attack' at Casper College in Wyoming
Three people have been killed Friday moing in what campus officials have described as a 'bow and arrow type' attack at a community college in central Wyoming.
Two of the victims were killed on campus, while a third died at another location in town. School spokesman Rich Fuijta said that one of the victims was a male faculty member and the other appeared to be of 'student age.'
Police say that the suspect was one of the dead and died of an apparent suicide, according to News 13. The suspect was not a student at the college, and the attack doesn't appear to be school motivated. No other suspects are at large and no additional people were injured, according to police in Casper.
No Suspects: Police say they no longer have any suspects, suggesting that the attacker may have been one of the three dead.
Lockdown: Casper College was put on lockdown after apparent bow and arrow attack that left three people dead.
While police would not confirm what type of weapon was used in the attack, they did say that it did not involve a firearm. Meanwhile, Fuijta told NBC News that a 'bow and arrow type' weapon during the attack.
The campus was locked down and students were advised to stay where they were until police gave the all clear.
All classes, however, have been canceled.
Casper police said they couldn't provide information because all of their officers were at the scene. The Wyoming Highway Patrol was helping to direct traffic at the college, but a patrol spokesman said he had no information about what happened.
Casper College is a two-year community college in Wyoming's second-largest city. Casper, population 56,000, is about 250 miles northwest of Denver.
Wyoming residents refer to Casper as the "Oil City" because it's a hub for the state's small oil industry. The city is flanked to the south by Casper Mountain, scene of a massive wildfire in September that bued more than 24 square miles of forest and meadows and destroyed 37 homes and cabins.
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