(CNN) — One person is dead and another remains in critical condition after a shooting at Kentucky State University upended students’ final exams of the semester before they go on winter break, police said.

The suspect is in custody, police said.

Kentucky State University, a historically Black university that was chartered in 1886, has more than 2,200 students and 450 faculty and staff members, according its website .

Law enforcement agencies remain on the scene and have secured the campus as the school remains on lockdown.

The shooting unfolded around 3:35 p.m. at Young Hall, a dorm on campus, Frankfort Assistant Chief of Police Scott Tracy told CNN affiliate WDRB.

“Let’s pray for those affected,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said in a statement on X.

University officials said the

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