Shootings near 3 college communities leave 1 dead, at least 21 injured

Shootings in three college communities over the weekend left one person dead and at least 21 others injured.

Indiana, Delaware and Alabama police are each investigating shootings in crowded parties near college communities, according to police and university statements.

Seven were hospitalized in Bloomington, Indiana, near Indiana University's homecoming, while the University of Delaware is still counting victims (six are reportedly hospitalized) and the Magic City Classic football game between Alabama A&M and Alabama State near Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, left at least one dead and eight wounded.

After midnight near Indiana University, officers monitoring a large crowd around Kirkwood Avenue and Dunn Street heard shots around 1:30 a.m. ET and saw a man with a firearm running from the area, Bloomington police said.

Officers took the man into custody near Dunn Meadow, and recovered a gun and shell casings in the area. Police said it remains unclear whether the suspect fired any shots.

No deaths were reported in Bloomington, and police said they did not know whether there were additional victims.

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A disturbance in the crowd may have preceded the shooting, police said. Indiana University police and Indiana State Police assisted in the response.

In Newark, Delaware, a shooting on Saturday night rocked the University of Delaware.

"We are deeply concerned about the shooting on Main Street Saturday night, which has impacted our entire community," the school's director of media relations Peter Bothum told Fox News Digital in a statement. "We are grateful to the Newark Police Department, which is leading the investigation. We will continue to communicate confirmed information, which will be shared on a dedicated alerts page (udel.edu/about/alerts) and updated as we learn more."

University President Laura Carlson said victims were receiving care and thanked Newark police, campus police and other first responders for providing on-scene care.

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"I am writing to you about the shooting last night in Newark on Main Street, although it is difficult to know what to say when violence like this erupts in our community," she wrote in an email to the school community.

"We are all impacted," she continued. "I ask that you keep the victims in your thoughts and hearts as they receive care. Please also recognize the impact and toll on our students and community members who were on Main Street last night and witnessed this violence."

The university did not provide a confirmed number of victims or say whether anyone had died, but a report indicated at least six were hospitalized. The investigation is being led by Newark police. The school urged students and staff to follow its campus alerts page for confirmed updates.

In Birmingham, Alabama, one person was killed and eight others were wounded Saturday night after the

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