GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two people were killed during a shooting early Sunday across the street from the University of Florida campus, the Gainesville Police Department said.
The shooting occurred in the area of 900 W. University Ave. at 2:42 a.m., the city's police department posted on Facebook.
The area is across the street from University of Florida Human Resources and near a Checkers and Bodytech.
Police officers had been conducting crowd control in downtown Gainesville in a commercial corridor several blocks from the University of Florida campus when they heard gunshots, police said.
Officers made contact with several victims, two of whom succumbed to their injuries.
WCJB-TV reported a man was arrested after the two deaths and another person was hurt.
Police were seeking the public's help for any information on the shootings.
