A California community college was on lockdown for several tense hours Thursday after a shooting in a parking lot left one dead and two others wounded, police said.  Classes at Sacramento City College were violently interrupted as police swarmed the campus to hunt for the suspected gunman in the attack on a parking lot near a campus baseball field around 4 p.m. Two of the victims were students, the school confirmed.  Dustin Poore of Los Rios police, who patrol the campus, said the shooting began as a verbal dispute between a group of men, one of whom pulled out a gun and fired.  "My stomach dropped," student Lars Beesom told KCRA. "It was definitely really, really scary, but we all stayed calm."  “It’s school. It’s supposed to be a good environment, and you don’t want to be scared here,” Beesom added.  The shootings took place in a parking lot near a campus baseball field. The sports field and parking lot are lined by strip malls with chain restaurants on one side and a golf course on the other.  Jackie Flores, 50, who lives across the street from the parking lot, said she heard four or five shots fired.  “It all happened so fast,” she told the Sacramento Bee.  One victim was declared dead at the scene, another was taken to a hospital with injuries, while the third was only grazed by a bullet and was being questioned by investigators, said Dustin Poore of Los Rios police, who patrol Sacramento City College.  The male suspect is described by police as a Pacific Islander who was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and cargo shorts.  It was believed that he had left the campus, though investigators were still combing the area, said Sgt. Doug Morse of the Sacramento Police Department, which was taking over the homicide investigation.  Classes were in session at the two-year college in central Sacramento with a student body of about 25,000 when the shots rang out.  After the shooting occurred, the campus was locked down for about two hours before police officers had cleared all the buildings and allowed students and staff to leave.  “Sad incident on the edge of the campus. Search is occurring in and around the campus. Air ship is supporting search,” Sacramento Police Chief Sam Somers posted on Twitter shortly before 6 p.m.  Kimberly Jenkins, 18, a freshman, said she was coming out of class about 3:50 p.m., just as police were arriving.  “We saw the cop cars just zoom through,” Jenkins told The Bee.  Campus is clear...investigation is underway. We are partnering with campus police (Los Rios PD)but are handling the homicide investigation.  The shooting follows several college campus incidents in recent weeks that have left students across the country on edge.  Last Thursday, a 22-year-old student was gunned down on the campus of Savannah State University in Georgia during an altercation.  ON A MOBILE DEVICE? WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.
Three people were shot, two of them students, during a parking lot argument at Sacramento City College on Thursday.