The University of North Texas Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred in a parking lot on their campus near a popular fraternity house.
At around 1:43am on Saturday morning, UNT police officers were called to a shooting in Lot 41 near the campus’ fraternity and sorority row.
According to UNT PD, witnesses reported an altercation between fraternity members and other unknown persons in the parking lot behind the Kappa Sigma house, located at 1009 Maple Street. The situation escalated to gunfire.
Two individuals, both UNT students, were transported to a nearby hospital. One has since been released, but the second student is still recovering from serious injuries.
At 4:30am, UNT PD indicated there was no active threat to the general public. There is no other information regarding the suspect(s) in this case.