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Shooting takes place at Christian university in Seattle

Shooting takes place at Christian university in Seattle
Image via Wikimedia Commons
Sarah Pulliam Bailey
Image via Wikimedia Commons

Image via Wikimedia Commons

A lone gunman has killed one and wounded at least three others on Thursday at Seattle Pacific University, a Christian university of about 4,000 near downtown Seattle.

One of the victims, a man in his 20s, has died, according to reports. A female victim was in critical condition and in surgery. Two men are in satisfactory condition.


Police have arrested 26-year-old Aaron Ybarra after a student fought him while he was reloading his shotgun. The student, Jon Meis, was working as a building monitor and reportedly pepper-sprayed him, put him in a chokehold and tackled him to the ground.

The campus went into lockdown for several hours. The suspect was carrying extra shotgun shells and a knife.

This isn’t the first shooting at a Christian college in recent months. In November, one student was killed in a dorm shooting at Liberty University in Virginia.

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