{"id":322084,"date":"2026-08-15T14:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322084\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T14:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:48:12","slug":"mass-shooting-at-virginia-state-university-leaves-several-wounded-puts-campus-on-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322084\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass shooting at Virginia State University leaves several wounded, puts campus on lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mass shooting rocked Virginia State University Saturday morning that left five people wounded and the campus on lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>Bullets flew near the Quad Annexes of the Chesterfield County campus, at around 1:30 a.m., when several gunmen are believed to have opened fire, WTVR reported citing the Chesterfield County Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Five people were taken to area hospitals with gunshot wounds, with one victim in critical condition, according to police.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40354485\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ettrick-va-virginia-state-university-137492825.jpg\" alt=\"VSU Campus Safety Update regarding a shooting near the Quad Annexes.\" class=\"wp-image-40354485\"  \/>The notice posted by VSU police. X\/VSU_1882<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.71237458;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40354490\" width=\"1010\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ettrick-va-virginia-state-university-137493033.jpg\" alt=\"Police cars with flashing red and blue lights are seen at night.\" class=\"wp-image-40354490\"  \/>Police arrive at the scene of the shooting on cmapus. WTVR<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe campus community should continue to avoid the area and follow all law enforcement instructions,\u201d VSU said in a statement<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirginiaStateUniversity\/posts\/1498317732336536\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> shared to Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>VSU and Chesterfield County police are investigating.<\/p>\n<p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was also on scene assisting in the investigation, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made and no additional information surrounding the shooting has been released.<\/p>\n<p>The university welcomed 1,500 Freshman on Friday night at an event that featured a speech from former NFL MVP Cam Newton.<\/p>\n<p>VSU is a historically black university about 24 miles south of Richmond, the state capital.<\/p>\n<p>Classes are set to resume at the school on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>With Wires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mass shooting rocked Virginia State University Saturday morning that left five people wounded and the campus on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1692,7459,9,11,10,49,51,50,104,58,418],"class_list":["post-322084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-colleges-and-universities","tag-mass-shootings","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-police","tag-us-news","tag-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}