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The man fired a few rounds, but no one else was reported injured, according to reports. A second shooter is wanted by the Austin, Texas, campus of the tower sniper Charles Whitman killed 14 in 1966.

Reporting from Atlanta - A gunman with an automatic weapon killed himself after allegedly firing a few rounds in the morning in a library at the University of Texas at Austin campus, the scene of one of the first shots and the most notorious history American campuses, according to the academic and local reports.

Although no injuries were reported, half authorities.On shooter is wanted for its website, the university reported at 9:43 am CDT to "PCL Library suspected shooter is dead," referring to the Perry-Castañeda Library, the library huge main campus. "Police are seeking a second suspect. If you are out of school, stay away. If you're on campus, the doors, not leaving the building."

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A gunman wearing a ski mask and brandishing a shotgun entered a library of the University of Texas at Austin today and shot several times before taking his own life, causing a blockage around the campus and fears that a second shooter may be on the loose.

Shortly before noon, central time, a campus lock in place for about 8 hours rose, ending a search for a possible second suspect. "The armed suspect is dead. No other injuries were reported," UT President Bill Powers wrote in a campus e-mail.

The gunman was found dead on the sixth floor of the library apparently self-inflicted wounds, police said.An email and SMS alert sent to students and teachers about 8 hours, as the day of the first classes began warns that an "armed men were reported recently in Perry Castaneda Library" and telling students to stay in place.

"I went to class a little late," said senior Robby Reeb ABCNews.com. "I ran out of the business school, and a man running past me screaming, 'There's a man with a gun." I looked up and saw a man with a ski mask, a suit and carrying an assault rifle. And I called 911. "