A gunman wearing a ski mask and brandishing a rifle entered a library at the University of Texas at the Austin today and fired several shots before taking his own life, university officials said.
Police are still looking for a possible second suspect and the campus, site of an infamous 1966 school shooting, remains on lockdown.
"The armed suspect is dead. No other injuries have been reported," UT President Bill Powers wrote in a campus email.
An email and text alert was sent to students and faculty around 8 a.m. Central Time, just as the day's first classes were beginning, warning that an "armed subject was reported last seen at Perry Castaneda Library" and telling students to remain in place.
"I was walking to class, a little late," senior Robby Reeb told ABCNews.com. "I was walking from the business school, and a guy sprinted past me screaming, 'There's a guy with a gun.' I looked up and saw a man in a ski mask, wearing a suit, and carrying an assault rifle. And I called 911."
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