"According to the Hanover Police, at 9:50 p.m. tonight [01:50 GMT] a non-Dartmouth student was shot at the Christian Science Reading Room at 1 School Street," the college tweeted.
The Hanover Police Department is continuing to search for the perpetrator, the college added in the following tweet.
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A witness to the incident has given a statement to the police, saying a car drove by her "really fast" and then she heard something that "sounded like a slam."
An investigation into the incident is underway.