3:20 p.m. CDT, June 7, 2013
Three people were wounded today when gunshots were fired at Santa Monica College west of Los Angeles.
A suspect was found in the school's library and taken into custody. The extent of the injuries were not immediately known, according to police sources.
The college was on lockdown, officials said.
Santa Monica police spokesman Richard Lewis said no further information was immediately available on the shooting, which took place as President Barack Obama was attending a fundraiser across town.
A spokeswoman for the California Highway Patrol, Sergeant Denise Joslin, told Los Angeles television station KCBS that the CHP had received a report of a man armed with several guns shooting into traffic and at a bus.
She said there were no reports of fatalities, "but that is not something that I would rule out."
"We are not sure that it was a single shooter yet," Joslin added.
Obama was attending a fundraising event at the Santa Monica home of former News Corp President Peter Chernin at about the time of the shooting and had just finished his remarks, but he made no mention of the incident.
A Secret Service spokesman in Washington said: "We are aware of the incident and it is not impacting the visit. It's a local police matter at this point."
Reuters and The Los Angeles Times contributed.
Three people were wounded today when gunshots were fired at Santa Monica College west of Los Angeles.
A suspect was found in the school's library and taken into custody. The extent of the injuries were not immediately known, according to police sources.
The college was on lockdown, officials said.
Santa Monica police spokesman Richard Lewis said no further information was immediately available on the shooting, which took place as President Barack Obama was attending a fundraiser across town.
A spokeswoman for the California Highway Patrol, Sergeant Denise Joslin, told Los Angeles television station KCBS that the CHP had received a report of a man armed with several guns shooting into traffic and at a bus.
She said there were no reports of fatalities, "but that is not something that I would rule out."
"We are not sure that it was a single shooter yet," Joslin added.
Obama was attending a fundraising event at the Santa Monica home of former News Corp President Peter Chernin at about the time of the shooting and had just finished his remarks, but he made no mention of the incident.
A Secret Service spokesman in Washington said: "We are aware of the incident and it is not impacting the visit. It's a local police matter at this point."
Reuters and The Los Angeles Times contributed.