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(CNN) -- Florida State University students huddled together in the aisles of a packed campus library early Thursday after a gunman opened fire, injuring three people.

Two of the shooting victims were taken to Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. One was in critical condition; the other was stable, the hospital said.

The condition of the third victim or where that person was taken was unknown.

Campus officers later shot the gunman to death after they asked him to drop his weapon, and he opened fire at them, authorities said.

Gunfire at 'packed' library

The shooting started shortly after midnight either inside or near Strozier library, which sits in the center of campus at the school in Tallahassee. The library is open 24 hours.

"The library was packed," said Mary Coburn, the vice president of student affairs.

The school sent out a text to students, warning them to take refuge and stay away from windows.

"FSU alert dangerous situation main campus-Tallahassee," it read. "Seek shelter immediately, away from doors and windows."

Students shoved tables and book shelves against doors to barricade themselves.

'The entire campus is empty'

A cell phone video posted online -- purportedly from inside the library -- showed students sitting in library aisle listening intently to a voice over the loudspeakers.

"There has been a shooting in the library," the voice says. "Stay where you are. We will be coming to each floor and clearing and taking care of anybody."

Perry Kostidakis, a sports editor for the campus newspaper, told CNN the library was surrounded for a time.

"The entire campus is empty; I've seen one or two people come up and look at the scene. Everyone who is in a campus building is under lockdown right now. Policemen are still surrounding the library."

'It was very scary'

Graduate student Alex Lauren said students were escorted from the library to the first floor of a nearby building, where they continued hearing gunshots. They were told to wait for a bus to take them away from campus as armed police stood nearby.

"It was very scary ... I'm more heartbroken more than anything else," she said. "It's sad, my heart goes out to the people affected."

Florida State is one of the top research universities in the nation. It has about 40,000 students spread out in various campuses in the city, and is also considered one of the nation's top-ranked football teams.

As the incident unfolded, anxious students sent tweets and text messages to loved ones.

"There's a man with a gun in the library," Samantha Sillick said in a text to her father. "I love you."

[Pyramid_Head]

What is with all these school shootings these days? Do these losers really think they're going to be the next Columbine idiots.

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Originally Posted by Pyramid_Head ↗

What is with all these school shootings these days? Do these losers really think they're going to be the next Columbine idiots.

too many medicated children....