Teen suspect in Virginia campus shooting found hiding in closet

Latest update from The Guardian World: The suspect – identified as 19-year-old Camron Harris – was found in Seward Hall on VSU’s campus at 4pm, local police Lt James Lamb said, according to the Virginia news outlet WTVR. A teenager has been arrested after five people were shot at Virginia State University (VSU) in the early hours of Saturday morning. Camron Harris, a 19-year-old from Henrico in Virginia, was found hiding in a "closet" on campus after the incident, police told US media. He is not a student at the university. Only one of the five victims was studying at VSU, and all were taken to local hospitals with gunshot wounds. A 21-year-old man remains in a critical condition.

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