Female Georgia college student is shot dead by 'armed intruder' causing shelter-in-place alert before police arrest suspect

A Georgia college student has been shot dead by an 'armed intruder', officials confirmed on Saturday. 

'Kennesaw State officials can confirm that a female student was fatally shot on campus,' the university said in an alert posted to its website. 

The college confirmed that a suspect has been detained and that there is 'no threat to the campus community.' 

The incident occurred around 4pm local time triggering a shelter-in-place on campus. 

The order was lifted around 4:45pm but advised students to 'avoid the South Campus Housing area due to police activity.' 

'Kennesaw State officials can confirm that a female student was fatally shot on campus,' the university said in an alert posted to its website on Saturday 

Kennesaw State University Police are working with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, according to the university.

This is the second emergency alert put out this year due to an armed intruder at the college, WSB-TV reported. 

Students and staff were put under a shelter-in-place order for hours during a January incident in which a person with a gun was reported on campus.