UPDATE: Two students shot during private car sale; wounds not life threatening

Police were still looking for the gunman who shot two Miami students during a private car purchase at a home in the 200 block of N. Campus Avenue Tuesday evening, Oxford police said.

In an updated release, Oxford officers said they called to the home about 7:44 p.m. and found two men shot in the legs. The victims, whose names were not immediately released, were taken to area hospitals for treatment. The injuries were not life-threatening, police said.

One victim was treated at McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital and released. The other victim was taken to West Chester Hospital, which declined to release his condition.

Police said during the pre-arranged purchase of a car, one of the suspects pulled out a gun and fired three shots. Both of the suspects then ran from the house with an undisclosed amount of money.

The suspects were described as: A dark complected white man, about five-feet, 10-inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds and a black man, with dreadlocks, about five-feet, 11-inches tall and weighing about 190 pounds.

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The house, listed as a three-family dwelling, is owned by McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital Endowment, according to the Butler County Auditor's web site. The home is about two blocks from campus.

The university urged students and residents to avoid the area, according to a Tweet they posted Tuesday night.

According to the auditor's web site, the 2,500-square-foot home is categorized as student housing and has eight bedrooms and four bathrooms, with a full attic and basement.

A sign on the front of the house says: "Study A Broad."

The hospital endowment appears to have taken possession of the home in 2003. It was valued at $426,100 in 2015, according to the auditor.

Anyone with information is asked to call Oxford Police at 513-524-5240.

Read more in the Cincinnati Enquirer or the Miami Student.

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Photo: Police investigative the North Campus Avenue shooting Tuesday night. -- Photo by A.J. Newberry

Chris Graves is an adjunct professor at Miami University and is teaching a course where Miami University journalism students report and write for this Patch site.