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cnn: shooting at louisiana technical college in baton rouge

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Update on Louisiana Technical College Baton Rouge Campus Shooting Incident from Dr. Joe May, Louisiana Community and Technical College System

BATON ROUGE, La. -- A 23-year-old woman shot and killed two other women in a vocational college classroom Friday, then killed herself, police said.

All three were students at the Louisiana Technical College campus, but the motive was not clear, said Sgt. Don Kelly, a spokesman for the Baton Rouge Police Department.

He said the two victims were 21 and 26 years old.

Police were not releasing their names because their families had not been notified.

There were about 20 people in the second-floor classroom when the shooting occurred, Kelly said.

Officers ran into the building within four minutes of the first 911 call, which came at 8:36 a.m., he said.

"There was mass pandemonium, people running," Kelly said. "One officer - the first into the classroom - told me he could still smell gunpowder."

Police blocked off streets around the small campus.

Classes were canceled through Tuesday, and tentatively scheduled to resume Wednesday, said Jim Henderson, vice president of the Louisiana community and Technical College System.

Students had to stay in their classrooms for about two hours before being released for the day, said Louis Davis. He said he was taking a test for an automobile technology class when a teacher "said to stay in the classroom because there's been an incident." Davis said

He said they were allowed to leave after a police officer asked them brief questions.

The students' names and ages were not immediately released, and it was not clear whether the shooter also was a student.