"A police officer has been shot. A potential second victim is reported," the university said on its Twitter feed.
The school`s newspaper, Collegiate Times, reported that the police officer was dead.
MSNBC reported that the incident occured after a traffic stop and that the suspect was still at large.
The school described the suspect as a white male in gray sweat pants and a maroon sweat shirt.
"Stay indoors. Secure in place," the school`s message said.
The incident brought to mind the April 2007 massacre, when a mentally ill student killed 32 people and wounded 25 others before committing suicide on the school`s rural campus, located in the Shenandoah Valley roughly 250 miles (400 km) from Washington, D.C. (*)
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