Shooter dead after shooting at Old Dominion in Norfolk, VA

A gunman is dead after opening fire at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, roughly 90 minutes southeast of Richmond.

Early reports indicated three people injured in what was described as an "active threat" situation on campus.

A gunman is dead after injuring two people at Old Dominion University Thursday morning, according to ODU officials.

The gunman opened fire in Constant Hall at approximately 10:50 a.m. ODU officials said two people were injured as a result and were taken to a local hospital. Their status is currently unknown.

ODU sophomore Logan Hayes was in Constant Hall taking a test when the active shooter situation started. He said the fire alarm went off and he ran out of the building.

As soon as he got outside, Logan told WAVY, “I heard about a multitude of gunshots go off and people just screaming.”

According to Fox News, officials said the gunman opened fire in Constant Hall at about 10:50 am Eastern time. The extent of the victim's injuries is unknown at this time.

"This is kind of like our new normal," said Fox News contributor James Gagliano. "We deal with these. Whether or not this was a mass shooting, whether or not this was a hate crime. This could've been workplace violence. It could've been a love triangle. We have to keep our aperture open on the investigation. Now I say that and suggest that only because the gunman, from what we're hearing, is down. Police want to immediately go to the sound of the guns, stop the threat, interdict them immediately, get help to the wounded, and then slow things down. The next most concerning thing here, Harris, was this a lone attacker or was this part of a larger conspiracy?"

Look, these campus incidents keep piling up, and the response is always the same: swift police action neutralized the threat here before it escalated into something far worse. Two victims in the hospital, shooter down, campus locked down. But Gagliano nails it. This is the grim routine now. We don't know motive yet, we don't know if it's isolated or something bigger. Investigators need to stay laser-focused, keep that wide lens on possibilities, and let the facts emerge without jumping to conclusions.

Prayers for the injured, and kudos to the first responders who ran toward the gunfire.

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