Bridgeport police identified a Queens man as a person of interest in a shooting inside the University of Bridgeport’s dining hall that injured one person and triggered an hours-long campus lockdown. During a news conference Wednesday, Chief Roderick Porter said investigators believe Dylan Cruz-Tillery, 18, fled to Queens, New York, where he’s from, and they’re working with law enforcement there in the search to find Cruz-Tillery.

The shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Marina Dining Hall after two young men who aren’t UB students got into “a fight over a young lady,” according to Porter. “Our victim is recovering at Bridgeport Hospital. He received a gunshot wound to his right arm, and it grazed his chest we believe at this point, so we expect that he will be OK.” Porter said Cruz-Tillery was in the dining hall as a guest of a student, and the victim attends a program that gives him access to the dining hall. University President Danielle Wilken explained that UB is an open campus.

“We host events all the time. We support other programs in the community whether they be educational, whether they be sports, whether it's a webinar, a seminar, so our campus is not a locked campus,” Wilken stated.

Some students News 12 talked with were shaken as they returned Wednesday.

“I'm freaked out right now, like to come here,” said freshman Safwan Alnayef.

“Honestly, it's a little nerve-wrecking,” freshman Morgan Johnson said, adding that she could’ve been in the dining hall but had gotten on the bus. “I just missed all the drama, so I really am just thanking God that I’m OK.”

Others said they previously never felt unsafe on campus. “I haven't had any incidents at the campus before today,” junior Samuyel Islam told News 12.

Police always have a patrol car assigned to campus, plus the university has a security staff. But in the wake of what happened, there will be more police on campus, Porter said.

“We are going to maintain a presence on the campus for the next couple of days to make sure that any concerns are put to rest that the campus is not safe because the campus is safe,” Porter said. “The goal is to get the campus back to normal as soon as possible.”

The national nonprofit One in Five Foundation for Kids announced it’s sending several volunteers to UB to patrol the campus and surrounding blocks, as well as provide support to students. The group, which formed after the mass shooting in Uvalde, TX is also offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of the shooter, through its "Crimes Against Students National Reward Program.”