A 19-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IS ALREADY BEHIND BARS AFTER FIVE PEOPLE WERE SHOT AT VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY — BUT POLICE SAY HE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE ONLY PERSON WHO FIRED A GUN 🚨 The overnight chaos erupted outside campus housing around 1:30 a.m., sending Virginia State University into lockdown as officers rushed to find five people suffering from gunshot wounds. Hours later, police made a dramatic arrest after locating a suspect hiding inside a dormitory building. He now faces multiple felony charges and is being held without bond. But the arrest has not answered the biggest question. Investigators have now confirmed that other people also fired weapons during the incident — and detectives are still trying to establish whether they were part of the confrontation or whether something very different was happening in those chaotic moments. That detail has turned what initially looked like a straightforward manhunt into a much more complicated investigation. What police are now trying to uncover is in the full story below 👇

The 19-year-old suspect in Saturday’s mass shooting at Virginia State University was found cowering in a campus closet more than 14 hours after police said he shot and wounded five people.

Camron Harris, who is not a student at the school, was nabbed while hiding inside the Seward Hall dorm around 4 p.m. Saturday by Chesterfield County police, Fox59 News reported.

Harris is now being held without bail at the county jail on four counts of malicious wounding and four counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to the outlet.

Camron Harris, arrested in connection with a shooting at Virginia State University.
Camron Harris, 19, is accused of shooting five people at Virginia State University early Saturday.Chesterfield County Police via AP
Virginia State University dormitory shooting
The shooing took place during move-in weekend near one of the school’s dorms.USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect
The accused gunman, who lives in Henrico about 30 miles from the university, allegedly opened fire at the campus shortly before 1:30 a.m., wounding a 20-year-old male student and four other people between the ages of 17 to 23 who were not enrolled at the school.
The victims were hospitalized after the shooting, with one treated and released.

Police have not revealed a possible motive for the gunplay.

The university was temporarily placed on lockdown after the shooting.

Police car with flashing lights near the Magnolia Hall sign at Virginia State University following a shooting.
Police said Harris was found hiding in a campus closet after the carnage.WTVR

The incident came amid a spate of mass shootings across the US over the weekend, including at an outdoor concert in Kentucky that left four people wounded.

Two children, ages 4 and 14, were among those shot in the Kentucky carnage.

Police said the shooting took place around 6:45 p.m. in Charles Young Park.

The victims were hospitalized after the shooting, with one treated and released.

Police have not revealed a possible motive for the gunplay.

The university was temporarily placed on lockdown after the shooting.

Police car with flashing lights near the Magnolia Hall sign at Virginia State University following a shooting.
Police said Harris was found hiding in a campus closet after the carnage.WTVR

The incident came amid a spate of mass shootings across the US over the weekend, including at an outdoor concert in Kentucky that left four people wounded.

Two children, ages 4 and 14, were among those shot in the Kentucky carnage.

Police said the shooting took place around 6:45 p.m. in Charles Young Park.

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