>>> now to an all out manhunt in the state of alabama for a gunman who opened fire near a campus of auburn university , killing three people, including two former auburn football players. three more people were wounded. one of them in critical condition. tonight the fbi has joined the investigation. we get the latest now from nbc's mark potter .
>> reporter: police say the multiple shootings occurred in an apartment clubhouse near the auburn university campus during a party saturday night. today the town is in shock.
>> it's six young people that have been shot. and we're, as you can tell, the community is shaken by this. and grieving today.
>> reporter: at the party a fight broke out and police say a young man began shooting, killing three, wounding three others. one of them critically. vine said he was at the party with one of the victims and witnessed the killings.
>> it went to a massacre, for no reason.
>> reporter: 20-year-old edward christian was a former auburn football player. two others who died later were 20-year-old ladarius phillips, another football player, and mario pitts. and eric mack's injuries are not considered life-threatening.
>> the only connection that the auburn football team has to this is they are victims of a brutal shooting.
>> reporter: police identified the shooting suspect as 22-year-old demonte leonard. he now faces three capital murder charges. authorities, including the fbi, focused a manhunt on montgomery, alabama, where leonard is from. police would not suggest a motive of the shootings, but they say the fight was over a woman. at his news conference, the police chief said society needs to learn the value of life again. mark potter , nbc news, miami.
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