Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- A shooting on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway yesterday left two students dead and one person injured. Campus police have detained two suspects, and two others remain at large.

Gunshots were reported at about 9:19 p.m. local time outside the Arkansas Hall dormitory, the university said on its Web site today. One victim was pronounced dead at the scene and another died later at Conway Regional Medical Center, the university said. The two were identified as Ryan Henderson, 18, of Little Rock, and Charvares Block, 19, of Dermott.

Another victim, Martrevis Norman, of Blytheville, who isn't a student, was injured in the incident and has been released from the hospital.

The lead investigator in the case, Lieutenant Preston Grumbles of the University's campus police force, said the four suspects aren't students at UCA.

Grumbles said ``numerous'' shots were fired in the incident. The campus police received a call reporting shots fired outside at 9:19 p.m., and two officers were immediately on the scene, the statement said. The first ambulance arrived nine minutes later. Residence halls were locked down, and classes today have been canceled.

The University of Central Arkansas is the state's second- largest college, with 13,000 students. Conway is 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of the state capital, Little Rock.

U.S. university campuses have reassessed their security since April 2007, when a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University killed 32 students and teachers before committing suicide in the deadliest shooting rampage in the country's history. Five people were shot dead by a former student at Northern Illinois University in February.

To contact the reporter on this story: Brian Lysaght in London at blysaght@bloomberg.net; Robin Stringer in New York at rstringer@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: October 27, 2008 11:34 EDT