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Three young men, one of whom was believed to be a suspect,
were taken to a hospital after the incident in the community of
Isla Vista at around 7.15 p.m, the Santa Barbara County
Sheriff's Office said.
Another suspect fled in a white sedan, the office said in a
statement. Three people were shot, the Santa Barbara County Fire
Department said on its website, but the sheriff's office did not
give details of the injuries.
The fleeing suspect was also probably injured, the Los Angeles
Times said, citing anonymous law enforcement sources.
Representatives of both agencies did not immediately respond to
requests for details.
The campus was locked down for about an hour after the shooting,
with residents urged to stay indoors during a police search,
according to a school security alert.
The shooting comes about a year after Elliot Rodger, 22, stabbed
three men to death in his Isla Vista apartment before fatally
shooting three more people near the campus. He then shot and
killed himself.
That incident reignited a national debate on gun control and
spawned legislation in California for law enforcers to search a
database of firearms owners during most checks of people who
might harm themselves, or others.
Monday's shooting showed no sign of any link to last year's
rampage. Isla Vista is about 107 miles (172 km) north of Los
Angeles.
(Reporting and writing by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco;
Editing by Steve Gorman, Paul Tait, Alan Raybould and Clarence
Fernandez)
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