BREAKING: Mass Shooting at Texas A&M

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http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/19264834/shooter-prompts-code-maroon-at-am

Posted: Aug 13, 2012 12:57 PM CDT

Updated: Aug 13, 2012 1:14 PM CDT

By: Kevin Boie - email

A shooter prompted a "Code Maroon" campus emergency alert at Texas A&M University on Monday, with mass casualties being reported..

According to the A&M website, someone was firing shots in the 200 block of Fidelity Drive.

However, College Station police apprehended a suspect around 12:45 p.m.

According to KBTX.com, there are multiple casualties.

The school is urging people to avoid the immediate area.

No further details are immediately available.

Stay with FOX 4 News and myfoxdfw.com for updates.

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It's Texas, gun ownership rates are through the roof there so I have no doubt this will end well.

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Code "Maroon"? No Bugs Bunny fans in Texas?

Edited August 13, 2012 by The Patriot

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Suspect in Custody, Shooting Near Highland and Fidelity Streets in College Station

1:16 PM

News 3 crew on the scene has confirmed that more than one law enforcement officer has been shot in an incident near Fidelity Street in College Station.

A spokesperson for the College Station Police Department says there are no confirmed fatalities at this point.

The scene is reportedly under control and there is no longer a danger to the public.

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/Shooting-in-Progress-Near-Welborn-and-Fidelity-Streets-in-College-Station-166000226.html

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These stories just don't stop.

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These stories just don't stop.

And they won't until we make sure every adult has a gun and is trained to use it.

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And they won't until we make sure every adult has a gun and is trained to use it.

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Now appears to be a guy getting evicted who didn't want to go.

Texas shooting

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And they won't until we make sure every adult has a gun and is trained to use it.

Yup, that's why an officer is dead.

The landlord shoulda shot the no rent paying tenant out the door.

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Yup, that's why an officer is dead.

The landlord shoulda shot the no rent paying tenant out the door.

Someone shot him. He's dead too.

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Someone shot him. He's dead too.

Tennat is dead?

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Tennat is dead?

Yep. The tenant and two cops are dead.

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(CNN) -- A Texas constable and two others were killed Monday in a shooting near Texas A&M University, police said.

Rhonda Seaton, a spokeswoman with the College Station police department, told CNN that the three people killed were the constable, the man authorities say exchanged gunfire with law enforcement officers and an unidentified civilian.

A few minutes earlier, Asst. Chief Scott McCollum, from the same police department, told reporters that multiple people had been shot in the incident, which occurred around noon just a few blocks from the Texas A&M campus.

The dead included Brian Bachman, a constable in Brazos County, according to McCollum. According to his Facebook campaign page, Bachmann was a 41-year-old Republican from College Station who had been a Brazos County sheriff's deputy since 1993.

A male civilian was also killed, the assistant police chief said. A post on the city of College Station's official Twitter page identified this third victim as a "civilian bystander."

Three others were injured in the shooting. They included two law enforcement officers, including one who was shot in the leg, and a female civilian who was undergoing surgery at a hospital, according to McCollum.

Texas A&M issued a Code Maroon -- warning students and others on campus to find safety -- at 12:29 p.m., after a report of an "active shooter."

An update at 12:44 p.m., also posted on the university's website, indicated that the suspected shooter was by then "in custody."

When law enforcement officers arrived at the scene, they found the constable down in the front yard of a home, according to McCollum. The new officers engaged the suspected gunman, eventually shooting him and taking him into custody, police said.

Officer Jason James, with the Bryan police department, said "there is a possibility that it was an eviction." He pointed out that 911 calls began coming in after officers had arrived on the scene, rather than officers responding to a shooting that neighbors told them about.

"It's not like a disturbance where they were actually dispatched to it," James said. "They weren't responding to a shooting, but it turned into one."

Officer Jon Agnew with the Bryan Police Department -- a community that's adjacent to College Station -- noted the shooting occurred in a "residential area." He said earlier Monday afternoon that, while authorities had not yet ruled out additional suspects and continued to canvass the scene, they believed the area was safe.

"The area is secure," Agnew said. "We feel the community is safe for right now."

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Yep. The tenant and two cops are dead.

Sad, very sad.

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This is a strange new fad.