Seattle Campus Shooter Caught By Student

A suspect is in custody after a shooting at a Seattle university campus that left one person dead and three others injured.

The attacker, armed with shotgun and a knife, opened fire on students at Seattle Pacific University.

The gunman shot four students in the foyer of Otto Miller Hall before he was disarmed by a student security guard.

Police said the student used pepper spray as he paused to reload. Other students then held him until police arrived.

A police officer stands at the scene of the shooting

The man detained by police has been named as 26-year-old Aaron Ybarra.

Several students were rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds.

One, a 19-year-old man, died a short time later.

Aid workers stand by

A 20-year-old woman who was seriously wounded is still in a critical condition after five hours of surgery. Another man is in a "satisfactory" condition, while a fourth person has been released from hospital.

Police had initially reported that they were searching for a second suspect, but later said no one else was involved. 

The shooting came a week before the end of the academic year.

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said: "Today should have been a day of celebration at the end of the school year. Instead it's a day of tragedy and of loss.

Students have been left traumatised by the attack

"Once again, the epidemic of gun violence has come to Seattle, the epidemic of gun violence that's haunting this nation."

People packed into the First Free Methodist Church on campus for a service in the aftermath of the shooting.

Dozens who could not get into the packed church gathered on a lawn nearby and formed their own groups as the sun set.

Local pastor Tim Gaydos, left, prays with former student Chris Holt

One student told a local television channel, KIRO 7 TV, that he heard a loud bang from a nearby classroom which his teacher initially thought was a science experiment.

The student, identified as Blake, said someone went out and came back and said: "I think someone's been shot."

"I was scared for about a minute," he said, adding he heard shouting and someone running past the door.

A bouquet of flowers rests near the scene

Then "cops come in through another classroom which was connected to ours and they escorted us out".

He added: "I just saw piles of blood on the ground, just scattered throughout the lobby.

"And I actually stepped in a puddle ... I saw someone was on the ground. Someone was on top of them, their hands behind their head."

Students pray together outside the campus church

Another student, Jillian Smith, was taking a maths test when a lockdown was ordered.

After being locked in the classroom for around 45 minutes, police officers came to lead them out of the building.

Ms Smith said that on the way out she saw bullet casings and what appeared to be blood on the lobby carpet.

Classes at the university have been cancelled for Friday

"Seeing blood made it real," she said.

Around 4,000 students attend the Christian university, which is about 10 minutes from downtown Seattle.

Friday's classes and other activities have been cancelled.

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