3 People Shot Near UC Santa Barbara Campus

May 11 (Reuters) - Three people were shot near the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara on Monday evening, according to campus and fire officials, but no further details were immediately available and it was not clear if anyone was killed.

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department website said the shooting occurred in the community of Isla Vista. A UC Santa Barbara security alert said a male suspect was seen fleeing the area in a white sedan around 7:30 p.m. and advised residents to stay indoors while police searched the area.

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ABC 7 reports that one person linked to the shooting has been detained.

The lock down was lifted around 9 P.M local time, according to a UCSB campus alert. "The shelter in place and lock-down has been lifted. The areas of Isla Vista and campus have been cleared," the website said. "There is currently a person of interest detained with Law Enforcement."

The shooting comes roughly a year after Elliot Rodger, 22, stabbed three men to death in his Isla Vista apartment before fatally shooting three more people near the campus. He then shot and killed himself.

That shooting reignited a national debate on gun control and spawned legislation in California requiring local law enforcement to search a database of firearms owners in most cases when carrying out checks on people who may harm themselves or others.

There was no indication that Monday's shooting was in any way connected to last year's rampage. Isla Vista is about 107 miles (172 km) north of Los Angeles. (Reporting and writing by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Steve Gorman, Paul Tait and Alan Raybould)

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