Four people were injured during a shooting at Virginia State University early Wednesday morning, according to police.
Authorities responded to the shooting at the university, which is roughly a 30-minute drive south of Richmond, around 12:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Chesterfield County Police said in a statement.
Four people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and no police officers discharged their guns, according to police.
There are charges pending against multiple suspects, according to officials cited by the Associated Press (AP). There is no further threat to the community, the officials said.
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Classes for the fall semester at the university start next week, but this week, freshmen and student leaders are on campus early, according to Gwen Williams Dandridge, a spokesperson for the university. Dandridge said that none of the shooting victims or suspects are enrolled at the university for the upcoming semester.
County and university police are investigating the shooting.
Gun violence continues to plague America with 346 mass shootings since the beginning of 2024, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit that catalogs gun violence in the U.S.
The Gun Violence Archive classifies mass shootings as four or more shot and/or killed in a single incident.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.