A woman was shot Sunday night on the Virginia State University campus, sending the school into lockdown, authorities said. The victim, who was not a student, was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, the university said.
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The shooting occurred just before 8 p.m. at the Quad I residence hall, the university said in a statement.
The woman was shot in a dormitory room, said Lt. James Lamb of the Chesterfield County Police Department. He said police had not determined a motive, and he declined to give the woman’s age.
No arrests were reported, and the campus remained on lockdown as a precaution while an investigation continued, the university said.
Both campus police and Chesterfield County police were at the scene, the university said.
Virginia State is in Ettrick, about 20 miles south of Richmond and just outside Petersburg. It enrolls about 4,000 students on a 231-acre campus with 11 residence halls.