Students at Stockton University were ordered to shelter in place while police investigated a shooting near the Galloway Township campus that injured at least one person, according to administrators.

One person was shot near West Jimmie Leeds Road and Redwood Avenue around 12:52 p.m. Thursday, Galloway Township police said. Meanwhile, authorities were searching for a suspect who fled the scene in a vehicle.

The area where the shooting happened is near Vera King Farris Drive, the winding road that leads to Stockton’s main campus.

The university issued a shelter-in-place order at 1:19 p.m., according to an alert from campus officials. Students and staff were urged to stay indoors and not exit until the order was lifted.

Galloway Township police were expected to release more information as

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