3 dead in shooting on Univ. of Alabama-Huntsville campus

7:43 a.m.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A woman opened fire in a biology faculty meeting at the University of Alabama's Huntsville campus Friday, killing three people and injuring three others, two of them critically, officials said.
The shooter was caught outside the Shelby Center, a science building, without incident, according to university spokesman Ray Garner. He said he could not identify her or the victims. Local media reported the shooter was a faculty member.
No students were involved, Garner said. All three of those killed and two of the injured were faculty members. The third injured person was a staff member.
Huntsville Hospital spokesman Burr Ingram said two of the injured were in critical condition and the third was in stable condition.
Sophomore Erin Johnson told The Huntsville Times a biology faculty meeting was under way when she heard screams coming from the room.
University police secured the building and students were cleared from it.
The Huntsville campus has about 7,500 students in northern Alabama, not far from the Tennessee line. The city is home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
The university posted a message on its Web site Friday afternoon telling students the campus was closed Friday night and all students were encouraged to go home. Counselors were available to speak with students.
Garner said at a news conference that the shooting was not unlike one the area experienced a week ago, when a 14-year-old student was killed in a middle school hallway, allegedly by a fellow student.
"This town is unaccustomed to shootings and multiple deaths," he said.

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7:33 p.m.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A woman opened fire during a biology faculty meeting at the University of Alabama's Huntsville campus Friday, killing three faculty members and injuring two other faculty members and a staff member.
The shooter was in custody, but university spokesman Ray Garner said he could not identify her or the victims. Local television stations reported she is a faculty member.
No students were hurt.
Huntsville Hospital spokesman Burr Ingram said two of the injured were in critical condition and the third was in stable condition.
Sophomore Erin Johnson told The Huntsville Times a biology faculty meeting was under way when she heard screams coming from the room.
The shooting happened in the university's Shelby Center, a science building. University police secured the building and students were cleared from it.
The Huntsville campus has about 7,500 students in northern Alabama, not far from the Tennessee line. The city is home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
The university posted a message on its Web site Friday afternoon telling students the campus was closed Friday night and all students were encouraged to go home. Counselors were available to speak with students.
Garner said the campus was closed while police gathered evidence. He said at a news conference that the shooting was not unlike one the area experienced a week ago, when a 14-year-old student was shot to death in a middle school hallway, allegedly by a fellow student.
"This town is unaccustomed to shootings and multiple deaths," he said.

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6:58 p.m.

(AP) - UAH spokesman Ray Garner confirms the three people killed were faculty members and the wounded were two faculty members and a staff member. No students were involved.

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6:53 p.m.

WAFF reports UAH had been briefed on manual that had been distributed since the April 16th tragedy at Virginia Tech.

WAFF reports the UAH alert system did not send out a message for an hour after the shooting happened.

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6:44 p.m.,

WAFF reports FBI and U.S. Marshal's agents on scene.

WAFF also reports shooting suspect's husband taken into custody, but not formally charged.

Situation being deemed "safe" at UAH.

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6:36 p.m.

WAFF reports University of Alabama at Huntsville is closed until further notice.

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6:28 p.m.

WAFF reports Huntsville Hospital saying EMTs brought them two men and one woman for treatment.

Two of the patients are in critical condition, and one in serious but stable condition.

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6:20 p.m.

(AP) - Trent Willis, chief of staff for Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, says there are several other shooting injuries in addition to the four. He doesn't have an exact number.

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6:15 p.m.

WAFF reports that the victims are members of the University staff.

WAFF also is reporting that law enforcement sources say a female faculty member learned during a Biology faculty meeting that she would not receive tenure. She then pulled out a gun and started shooting.

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6:14 p.m.

(AP) - Sophomore Erin Johnson tells The Huntsville Times a biology faculty meeting was under way when she heard screams coming from the room.

The Huntsville campus has about 7,500 students in northern Alabama, not far from the Tennessee line.

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6:11 p.m.

The Associated Press reports that the Shelby Center is a science building on the campus.

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5:55 p.m.

WAFF reports a law enforcement source says the shooter in custody is a woman who works at the university.

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5:45 p.m.

University of Alabama-Huntsville spokesman Ray Garner told NBC affiliate WAFF live on-air that three people have been killed, and a fourth has been injured.

Garner adds that police are sweeping the building, looking for anyone else that may be involved.

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5:39 p.m.

WAFF reports that the campus is on lock down, and at least three people have been taken out of the Shelby building.

WAFF reporter on the scene says a shooting suspect has been taken into custody.

The SWAT team is on the scene.

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5:37 p.m.

There has been a shooting on the campus of the University of Alabama at Huntsville.

Our NBC affiliate WAFF is reporting multiple people have been shot.

Live web streaming video shows emergency workers bringing people out of of the Shelby Center on stretchers.