'Ten dead' in US college shooting
At least 10 people have been killed in a shooting at Umpqua Community College in the US state of Oregon, US media report.
A local fire department confirmed the shooting on Twitter and advised people to stay away from the area.
The attacker was reportedly detained after the shooting at the 3,000-student school.
US media reports that at least 20 people have been wounded.
The college is located in Roseburg, Oregon, a rural area about 175 miles (281 km) south of Portland.
Authorities were first called to the scene about 10:30 local time (18:30 BST).
A White House official said President Barack Obama was briefed on the situation and will continues to receive updates.
Speaking on CNN, Douglas County Fire Marshall Ray Shoufler said there were "multiple patients in multiple classrooms" and that 11 people had been transported to a local hospital, two of which died at the hospital.
Mr Shoufler said "multiple" people are deceased but did not have a specific number.
Marilyn Kittelman, the mother of a student at the college, told CNN her son said he heard no sound from the "30 some shots", suggesting a suppressor may have been used on the gun, despite there not being an official count of those shot yet.
Sgt Aaron Dunbar of the Roseburg Police Department told CNN the "entire college went into lockdown very quickly."
Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg wrote on Twitter that it received nine patients from the college and three more are en route.
Peace Health Oregon wrote on Twitter it expects to receive three victims from the shooting.
He said they do not know the gender of the attacker but that he or she had been "neutralised".
Students are being bussed off campus to local fairgrounds, a local reporter told Fox News.
Agents from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are on their way to Roseburg.
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