Petersburg: A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown early Saturday, August 15.

Virginia State University is a historically Black university located in Ettrick, Virginia, about 24 miles south of the state capital of Richmond.

A shooting at Virginia State University Saturday sent five to the hospital, with four suffering non-life-threatening injuries and the fifth in critical condition. Officials at the school, a historical

At least one of the wounded people was later confirmed to be a student, the university said in a statement.

Five people were wounded in a shooting involving multiple suspects at Virginia State University early Saturday, prompting a campus lockdown and police investigation just as students got ready for a new school year.