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Bates College, a liberal arts school in Lewiston, Maine, remains on lockdown with students ordered to shelter in place as the manhunt for the mass shooter intensifies.

"One college employee was present at one of the shooting locations and was injured, but is expected to make a full recovery," college President Garry Jenkins said. "Two students were also near one of the crime scenes but were unharmed."

"Our thoughts are with those who have close ties to those who were killed or injured," he said. "Unfortunately, as the search for the person of interest continues, we remain in an emergency situation under shelter-in-place orders."

The first shots were fired at Just-In-Time Recreation, a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, formerly known as Sparetime.

"None of this seems real, but unfortunately it is," the owners of the bowling alley said in a statement. "We are devastated for our community and our staff. We lost some amazing and wholehearted people from our bowling family and community last night. There are no words to fix this or make it better. We are praying for everyone who has been affected by this horrific tragedy. We love you all and hold you close in our hearts."

Minutes after the massacre at the bowling alley, the mass shooting continued at the nearby Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant.

"My heart is crushed. I am at a loss for words. In a split second your world gets turn upside down for no good reason," a statement from Schemengees said. "We [lost] great people in this community. How can we make any sense of this. Sending out prayers to everyone."

Three people are in critical condition and five others are in stable condition on Thursday morning in the wake of Wednesday night's mass shooting, according to Dr. John Alexander, chief medical officer at Central Maine Health Care.

Two patients have been transported to other hospitals and two others have been discharged, he said.

Alexander praised the work of the hospital staffers who jumped in to help. He said about 100 off-duty team members volunteered.

-ABC News' Alex Faul

At 6:56 p.m. Wednesday, emergency dispatchers began to receive 911 calls detailing a male shooting at Just-In-Time Recreation, a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, formerly known as Sparetime, State Police Col. William Ross told reporters during a news conference.

At 7:08 p.m., law enforcement received reports of an active shooter inside the billiards room at the Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant in Lewiston, about 4 miles south of the bowling alley, Ross said.

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