"University Police confirmed incident occurred on North Campus involving several individuals.
Gunshots fired, 2 individuals suffered non-life threatening injuries," the university said in a statement on Twitter.
Students were warned by the school's emergency alert system at 4:01 am (local time), it said.
"No present threat to campus community," it said, adding that university police were investigating the incident.
The incident at the university in Hammond, Louisiana, came amid a national debate over gun control sparked by the killing of 17 students and adults at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14.
