FILE- This Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, shows an overview of an area on the Old Dominion University campus in Norfolk, Va. Rich Joseph-Facun/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, File)

2026-03-12T16:01:31Z

A gunman is dead and two people are hurt after a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday, the Virginia school said.

ODU said a gunman opened fire in its business school building, injuring two people who were sent to the hospital. It wasn’t immediately clear how the shooter died.

The university in Norfolk canceled classes and suspended all operations on its main campus for the rest of Thursday and urged people to avoid the area in and around Constant Hall while emergency officials continue to work.

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on the social platform X that it had agents on scene supporting the response.

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Associated Press journalist Allen G. Breed in Wake Forest, North Carolina, contributed to this report.

OLIVIA DIAZ





Diaz covers Virginia politics with the Associated Press.















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