One person was killed and three others, including a woman in her 90s and a 4-year-old child, were injured Wednesday in a shooting on the campus of Southern Union Community College in Opelika, Alabama, police said.
All the victims are members of the same family, police said.
Authorities were searching for suspect Thomas Franklin May III, 34, who was described as a white male who is 5 foot 8, and weighs 200 pounds, police said. He was last seen driving a late-model, white Jeep Liberty with Alabama license plates, police said.
"At this time, it appears the shooting is domestic violence-related. We do not think the general public is in danger. Our officers are currently actively seeking a suspect in this case and hope to make an arrest soon," Capt. Allan Elkins of Opelika police told CNN Wednesday afternoon.
Police didn't provide the relationship between victims and suspect.
Shortly before 4 p.m. CT, police responded to a report of a shooting on the campus in the far eastern part of the state, about 60 miles east of Montgomery, Alabama, Elkins said.
Officers found a 36-year-old woman shot in the right arm; a 63-year-old woman who had been shot in the upper torso and was later pronounced dead; and a woman in her 90s who was shot once in the back and once in the neck and was flown by helicopter to Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia, Elkins said.
In addition to the three adults, a 4-year-old child was cut by flying glass. She was transported to East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika for treatment, police said.
Officers believe the 36-year-old woman is a student who was being dropped off or picked up, but authorities were still trying to confirm that, Elkins said.
All the victims were from Lee County, where Opelika is, Elkins said.