we are told that is still the same situation here. huntsville police, and madison s.w.a.t., and state troopers all responded to the scene here as well as campus police. about 7500 students attend college here. today being friday, there were not as many students as normally would be here. we are expecting to get a police briefing at thep t he top of th. we are hoping to have more information then. kim essex, huntsville. that is coming from our affiliate waff. cnn is working to confirm many of those details. afghan troops are trying to drive militants out after key stronghold, and we have the latest on the biggest anti-taliban offensive since the start of the afghan war. this mission is a historic mission.
this is cnn breaking news. we want to get an update on the breaking news that we are following. a deadly shooting on the campus of the university of alabama in huntville. kim essex of waff is on the scene. we can confirm that we have three people who are killed. one faculty member. the shooting happened shortly after noon in the shelby center which is a science and technology building. one faculty member has been taken into custody, a female. we understand that the female had just been informed that she would not receive tenure and pulled out a gun and began shooting. three people killed and three people confirmed injured. immediately after the shooting, the shelby building and a nearby building were placed only lockdown as authorities tried to figure out if there were other shooter or shooters involved.