Seattle Campus Shooter Caught By Student

Police say a student pepper-sprayed and disarmed the Seattle campus attacker after he shot four people, one of them fatally.

The attacker, armed with shotgun and a knife, opened fire on students at Seattle Pacific University.

The gunman shot four students in the foyer of Otto Miller Hall before he was disarmed by a student security guard.

Police said the student, named in local media as 22-year-old Jon Meis, used pepper spray as the gunman paused to reload.

A police officer stands at the scene of the shooting

Other students then helped subdue the attacker until police arrived.

The man detained by police has been named as 26-year-old Aaron Ybarra.

Several students were rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds.

Aid workers stand by

One, a 19-year-old man, died a short time later.

A 20-year-old woman who was seriously wounded is still in a critical condition after five hours of surgery.

Another man is in a "satisfactory" condition, while a fourth person has been released from hospital.

Police had initially reported that they were searching for a second suspect, but later said no one else was involved. 

Students have been left traumatised by the attack

As so often after US mass shootings, the motive is unclear.

A former janitor at a gym, Ybarra had recently landed a new job at a store, packing bags and cleaning, a friend told the Seattle Times.

"It makes no sense at all," Zack McKinley told the newspaper. "He's super happy and friendly. He's an awesome guy, someone who would never let you down."

Local pastor Tim Gaydos, left, prays with former student Chris Holt

The shooting came a week before the end of the academic year.

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said: "Today should have been a day of celebration at the end of the school year. Instead it's a day of tragedy and of loss.

"Once again, the epidemic of gun violence has come to Seattle, the epidemic of gun violence that's haunting this nation."

A bouquet of flowers rests near the scene

People packed into the First Free Methodist Church on campus for a service in the aftermath of the shooting.

Dozens who could not get into the packed church gathered on a lawn nearby and formed their own groups as the sun set.

One student told a local television channel, KIRO 7 TV, that he heard a loud bang from a nearby classroom which his teacher initially thought was a science experiment.

Students pray together outside the campus church

The student, identified as Blake, said someone went out and came back and said: "I think someone's been shot."

"I was scared for about a minute," he said, adding he heard shouting and someone running past the door.

Then "cops come in through another classroom which was connected to ours and they escorted us out".

Classes at the university have been cancelled for Friday

He added: "I just saw piles of blood on the ground, just scattered throughout the lobby.

"And I actually stepped in a puddle ... I saw someone was on the ground. Someone was on top of them, their hands behind their head."

Another student, Jillian Smith, was taking a maths test when a lockdown was ordered.

After being locked in the classroom for around 45 minutes, police officers came to lead them out of the building.

Ms Smith said that on the way out she saw bullet casings and what appeared to be blood on the lobby carpet.

"Seeing blood made it real," she said.

Around 4,000 students attend the Christian university, which is about 10 minutes from downtown Seattle.

Friday's classes and other activities have been cancelled.

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