2 People Killed After Shots Fired Blocks From University of Florida Campus

2 People Killed After Shots Fired Blocks From University of Florida Campus
Fans arrive for an NCAA college football game against UAB at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla., on Sept. 10, 2011. John Raoux/AP Photo
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GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Gunshots rang out in a crowd early Sunday, killing two people in the city that is home to Florida’s flagship university, authorities said.

Police officers had been conducting crowd control in downtown Gainesville, Florida, in a commercial corridor several blocks from the University of Florida campus when they heard gunshots, the police department said in a post.