<p>A gunman stormed a college in the northwestern US city of Seattle and shot four people, one of them fatally, before he was brought down by a student security guard wielding only pepper spray.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In what the city mayor denounced as the latest example of America's "epidemic of gun violence," the shooter opened fire on campus with a shotgun and was only halted after he stopped to re-load.<br /><br />The assault came just two weeks after a disturbed young man opened fire at a California university and killed six people.<br /><br />Those wounded at Seattle Pacific University were being treated in hospital. The dead victim was a 20-year-old man who was shot in the upper body and died on his way to hospital.<br /><br />A young woman in her 20s was also shot in the upper body and was in a "serious condition" and undergoing surgery. Two more young men were hurt, one of them receiving pellet wounds to the neck.<br /><br />Seattle Assistant Police Chief Paul McDonagh said the gunman was a 26-year-old white man. Seattle Pacific is a small a private Christian university with 4,000 students.<br /><br />The attacker was armed with a shotgun and a knife. And, in what police said was a sign that he have planned to kill more people, he also carried several additional rounds of ammunition.<br /><br />"But for the great response by the people at Seattle Pacific University, this incident might have been much more tragic," McDonagh said.<br /><br />Police described a "dynamic" crime scene, with investigators still processing the area due to the many witnesses and "a lot" of evidence.<br /><br />They plan to release the suspect's name once he has been booked into jail and charged.<br /><br />The gunman opened fire in a lobby of a science building on the campus.<br /><br />He was "subdued after being pepper-sprayed by a student security guard," a police statement said. Initial reports suggested there were two gunman, but police said that proved false.<br /><br />Mayor Ed Murray expressed outrage that his city had fallen victim once more to the gun violence plaguing the United States.<br /><br />"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," he told reporters.<br /><br />"Once again, the epidemic of gun violence has come to Seattle, the epidemic of gun violence that's haunting this nation." </p>
<p>A gunman stormed a college in the northwestern US city of Seattle and shot four people, one of them fatally, before he was brought down by a student security guard wielding only pepper spray.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In what the city mayor denounced as the latest example of America's "epidemic of gun violence," the shooter opened fire on campus with a shotgun and was only halted after he stopped to re-load.<br /><br />The assault came just two weeks after a disturbed young man opened fire at a California university and killed six people.<br /><br />Those wounded at Seattle Pacific University were being treated in hospital. The dead victim was a 20-year-old man who was shot in the upper body and died on his way to hospital.<br /><br />A young woman in her 20s was also shot in the upper body and was in a "serious condition" and undergoing surgery. Two more young men were hurt, one of them receiving pellet wounds to the neck.<br /><br />Seattle Assistant Police Chief Paul McDonagh said the gunman was a 26-year-old white man. Seattle Pacific is a small a private Christian university with 4,000 students.<br /><br />The attacker was armed with a shotgun and a knife. And, in what police said was a sign that he have planned to kill more people, he also carried several additional rounds of ammunition.<br /><br />"But for the great response by the people at Seattle Pacific University, this incident might have been much more tragic," McDonagh said.<br /><br />Police described a "dynamic" crime scene, with investigators still processing the area due to the many witnesses and "a lot" of evidence.<br /><br />They plan to release the suspect's name once he has been booked into jail and charged.<br /><br />The gunman opened fire in a lobby of a science building on the campus.<br /><br />He was "subdued after being pepper-sprayed by a student security guard," a police statement said. Initial reports suggested there were two gunman, but police said that proved false.<br /><br />Mayor Ed Murray expressed outrage that his city had fallen victim once more to the gun violence plaguing the United States.<br /><br />"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," he told reporters.<br /><br />"Once again, the epidemic of gun violence has come to Seattle, the epidemic of gun violence that's haunting this nation." </p>