( CNN ) -- A male student at Virginia 's Liberty University was shot and killed early Tuesday by an emergency services officer after an altercation at a women 's dorm , Lynchburg police said . Police and paramedics responded to the residence hall near the main campus at 4:07 a.m . The victim , who has not been identified pending notification of his family , was shot during a fight with the university officer , police said . It was unclear if the student was armed . Police said that the shooting was an isolated incident and that the campus was open . Lt. David Gearhart said police would release more details later Tuesday . Liberty was founded by the late Jerry Falwell Sr. in 1971 . Penn State student dies in balcony fall .
An emergency services officer at the Lynchburg school fatally shoots a male student . The unidentified student had a fight with the officer at a women 's dorm .