A suspect has been taken into custody.
The school identified the two victims as campus safety officer J.J. Jefferson and campus police officer John Painter.
According to Bridgewater College, the two men were good friends, with Painter even serving as Jefferson's best man at his wedding this year. Geller said that Campbell was reported to campus security for suspicious activity because he was"in a location he should not have been." When the two officers approached him, he shot at both officers, Geller said.Campbell fled the campus on foot and tried to escape to an island in Bridgewater by wading through a river, Geller said. Officers tracked him to the island, where he was taken into custody.
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