Officers search for gunman at University of Florida

Officers report shots fired in wooded are on campus

Google Streetview shows the entrance to the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine area in Gainesville. (Google)

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida police officers are searching for a suspect who is armed with a 9 mm handgun and was likely target shooting on campus on Friday afternoon in Gainesville, police said.

University administrators reported on Twitter that they were not responding to an active shooter situation. Witnesses told police officers they saw the gunman in a wooded area near the university’s college of veterinary medicine building.

This is a developing story.

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