Phoenix, October 9 (RHC)-- In the United States, an 18-year-old freshman student at Northern Arizona University opened fire on a group of students after a late-night conflict in a parking lot, leaving one student dead and three others injured, university officials said Friday.

The shooter, identified by campus police as Steven Jones, surrendered his handgun to campus police and was taken into custody not long after the 1:20 a.m. incident. Campus Police Chief Greg Fowler told reporters that the condition of the three injured students was not known, but “it would be safe to say [they were shot] multiple times.”

Like other major Arizona campuses, Northern Arizona University does not allow students to carry guns on campus. The campus police chief said: “Arizona law allows you to have your gun in a car in a locked compartment on campus. That’s where it has to stay. You cannot carry it around on campus.”

He said he did not know whether the gunman had the weapon in his possession already when the confrontation first broke out.

The shooting comes as U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Roseburg, Oregon, where eight students and a teacher were shot and killed last week at Umpqua Community College.