MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — One person pulled out a gun and shot another in the hand during an argument in a Middle Tennessee State University classroom building, then tried to hide by blending in among other students before being caught by police, authorities said Monday.
Murfreesboro Police Maj. Clyde Adkison said the suspected shooter was apprehended in the crowd without incident.
It was not immediately clear what the two argued about or if they were students. Neither were identified. The condition of the wounded person was not immediately known.
The campus of 24,660 about 30 miles southeast of Nashville was on alert for about 45 minutes.
Jamie Smith, 20, a pre-dental major, said she was in history class with 50 others when they received a text alert from the school saying there had been a shooting in their building.
"Everybody just started running toward the windows to see what was happening," she said.
A campus alert issued at 12:19 p.m. told students and staffers to stay indoors. A subsequent e-mail from the university at 1 p.m. canceled the alert, saying the suspect was in custody and the weapon was confiscated. Another alert at 1:29 p.m. gave students and staff the all-clear to go about their business.
The Business and Aerospace Building where the shooting occurred is closed until further notice.
The suspect was unarmed when captured, but the weapon was recovered later, Adkison said.
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