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3 Hurt In Community College Shooting North Of Houston

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Updated, 2:40 p.m.: Lone Star College's North Harris campus near Houston has been evacuated and closed for the day, according to the .

​Updated, 2:26 p.m.: Three people have been injured in a shooting Tuesday at Lone Star College's North Harris campus near Houston, a police spokesman said.

One person has been taken into custody, the spokesman said. Officials told the Houston Chronicle that .

One other development: Four nearby public schools were placed on lockdown as a precaution.

Our original post:

Shots have reportedly been fired on a community college campus in the suburbs north of Houston.

has an alert urging students and faculty at the college's North Harris campus to shelter in place, a little more than a month after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Conn.

No word yet on injuries or arrests. is covering the story, and  is on it, too.

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