From correspondents in Washington, United States, 10:30 AM IST

The University of Georgia has issued an alert that one of its professors was a suspect in a shooting off campus that took the lives of three people.

The alert, published on the Athens, Georgia university's website, urged people to use 'extreme caution' in contacting the man, George Zinkhan.

The shooting apparently occurred Saturday at a public event for a theatre connected to the campus, but located off campus, CNN reported.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)