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© KHOUPolice respond to the shooting in College Station, Aug. 13, 2012.
Two people, including a police officer, are dead and as many as five others, including three officers and a female civilian, were wounded in a shooting near the Texas A&M campus in College Station on Monday, police and university officials say.

According to the College Station Police Department, the shooter was shot by police, but the extend of the suspect's injuries were not released. At a press briefing, a police spokeswoman said that there is "no longer a danger to the public."

According to WFAA-TV, the shooting began when officer "attempted to serve an eviction notice." Brian Bachmann, a 41-year-old sheriff's deputy, was fatally wounded in the shooting that occurred shortly after noon about a block away from the school's campus.

The wounded officers are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The female civilian underwent surgery Monday; her condition was not released.

According to the College Station Medical Center, three people were admitted with gunshot wounds.

"It appears that the shooter [was] shooting from a house with automatic weapons," KBTX-TV said.

Texas A&M issued an alert on its website just before 12:30 p.m. local time on Monday warning of an active shooter near Kyle Field, the campus football stadium, according to the Associated Press.

The shooting occurred near Highlands and Fidelity Streets in College Station, just south of the George Bush Drive and east of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum.