In a statement issued Saturday, Towson University President Kim Schatzel called the shooting “an egregious act of violence” that came at the end of the university’s first week of in-person learning for the fall semester.
The three victims were “part of a gathering of people in the area of Freedom Square,” the statement said, adding the “gathering was not organized or sanctioned by the university or by a TU student organization.”
“Towson University’s Office of Public Safety and the Baltimore County Police Department have been diligently working together since that time to identify and arrest those responsible for the shooting as well as those who unlawfully trespassed the campus,” Schatzel said. “We remain resolute that the safety of our community and campus is our top priority.”
Schatzel visited the wounded student and her family at the hospital, she said, and the student “was in good spirits.”
“The best news of all is that she is looking forward to a full recovery very soon,” she said.
Towson University will make counseling and support services available to students, and residence hall staff will be on standby to “provide support for residential students,” a post on Twitter said.
CNN has reached out to the Baltimore County Police Department and Towson University for additional details.
CNN’s Dakin Andone and Deanna Hackney contributed to this report.