2 injured in Louisiana campus shooting

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Two people were shot injured on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University at Hammond, about 70 km east of Baton Rouge in the U.S. state of Louisiana, according to the university Friday.

An incident involving several people on the North Campus led to the shooting, and the two injured people were in a stable condition, according to a tweet sent out on the school's official Twitter account Friday morning.

The University Police Department (UPD) sent out an alert early Friday morning that read "The University Police Department is investigating a report of gunshots near the University Center. There is no immediate threat at this time."

No classes are canceled and all should proceed with normal activities, according to UPD.

There have been at least nine school shootings reported this year.

Last Wednesday, a mass shooting in a Florida high school killed 17 people. The shooting took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, just north of Miami.

The shooter was identified as Nikolaus Cruz, an expelled 19-year-old from the school. He was apprehended shortly after the shooting. An AR-15 semi-automatic rifle was found at the site.

The incident took place at Parkland, which was recently listed as one of the ten safest cities in Florida. 

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