Gunman sought after shooting on US campus

One person is dead and a community college campus in North Carolina was in lockdown last night as authorities searched for a man with a gun.

Kim Best, spokeswoman for the city of Goldsboro, said there was one victim in the campus shooting at Wayne County Community College in Goldsboro.

She said the shooter was not in custody but would not say whether the gunman was still on campus.

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Wayne County assistant operations manager Daniel Wiggins said a 911 call was received at about 8am yesterday of an active gunman on community college campus.

Authorities were searching the area for a white male, about 5 ft 11ins tall with a goatee beard and a tattoo over his eye.

Mr Wiggins said thta he did not know what type of firearm was involved.