CSUN University News Clippings

Student shot on Northern California college campus

(September 3, 2009)

A campus shooting has a Northern California college on lockdown as police search for a suspect who wounded a student.

The bleeding student came into the learning center at Skyline Community College in San Bruno about 1 p.m., said Leslie Shelton, director of the center.

“We were alerted there was an active shooter,” Shelton said.

The student had been shot in the buttocks, said Barbara Christensen, San Mateo Community College District director of community and government relations.

The student was taken to the health center as staff called 911.

SWAT officers were searching buildings as the campus was evacuated, The Skyline View, the school newspaper, said on its Web site.

Police cordoned off the school parking lot with yellow tape, closed buildings and checked cars while searching for the shooter.

The school is sending text messages to students, telling them to seek shelter. It has canceled all evening classes.

Christensen, who has worked for the district for 32 years, said she cannot remember any other shootings on campus.

The community college has about 10,000 students.

San Bruno police did not immediately return a call for comment.

Publication: Associated Press