MOSCOW — An 18-year-old law student wielding a shotgun went on a shooting spree on a Russian university campus on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding 19, according to state media, government officials and a university spokeswoman. Students described scenes of chaos, saying they barricaded themselves in classrooms and waited in terror while hearing shots and screams in their building, Russian media reported. The gunman resisted arrest, but was later wounded and taken into custody, law enforcement officials told local media. He was identified as a student at Perm State University, where the shooting took place, about 650 miles east of Moscow. According to state media reports that cited the Investigative Committee, a law enforcement agency, the gunman obtained the shotgun legally in May.

Source: New York Times September 20, 2021 09:11 UTC