Multiple people were hospitalized after a shooting late Friday at a hookah lounge near the campus of Virginia Tech in downtown Blacksburg, police said
Details about what led to the shooting at Melody Hookah Lounge weren't immediately available, and no arrest was announced.Blacksburg police responded to a report of shots fired at the lounge at 11:53 p.m. ET, they said.Of the five people shot, one died, and the others were taken to hospitals, police said. The severity of the patients' injuries wasn't known, police said.One of the injured is a Virginia Tech student, university President Tim Sands said in an online post.
Read More"Our condolences go out to the family and friends of the deceased and we extend our support to those who were injured," Sands wrote.The campus was deemed secure at 3:18 a.m. Saturday after the shooting prompted a lockdown for several hours, according to university alerts."Multiple law enforcement agencies are assisting in the area and following up on leads," police said in a news release.
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