Friday, February 12, 2010, a professor opened fire in Alabama University. Shooting occurred during the faculty meeting. The incident took place at 4:00pm CST in the Shelby Center for Science and Technology, the location of the university’s Biology and Mathematics departments. Three faculty members were killed at the spot and three staff members were injured. Two of the injured are in critical condition and one is in stable condition. No student was harmed in this event. After the incident, campus was evacuated by the police and one of the suspects, a biology professor Amy Bishop was arrested. University police secured the building and students were cleared from it. The shooter was in custody, but university spokesman Ray Garner said he could not identify her or the victims. Local television stations reported she is a faculty member. A professor told that she heard the screams coming from meeting room and then heard firing. An e-mail alert was sent by the school authority to students: “There has been a shooting on campus. The shooter has been apprehended. Everyone is encouraged to go home, classes are cancelled tonight. . . . Counselors are available [on campus].”Bishop, a neurobiologist who studied at Harvard University, joined the UAH biology faculty as an assistant professor in fall 2003.She was charged with capital murder. Three killed were Gopi K. Podila, the chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences, and two other faculty members, Maria Ragland Davis and Adriel Johnson.The Huntsville campus has about 7,500 students in northern Alabama, not far from the Tennessee line. The university is known for its scientific and engineering programs and often works closely with NASA. Possible motive for the shooting is that Dr.Amy Bishop had been denied the tenure. The university has canceled classes and athletic events next week, for an undetermined period of time. Bishop is an assistant professor of biological sciences, according to a profile on the university Web site.