VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) - An Old Dominion University student died after someone shot him at a party in Oceana Gardens early Sunday morning.

Police found 20-year-old Darren Campbell at a home in the 400 block of Hill Meadow Drive around 2:30 a.m.

Medics took the ODU junior to the hospital where he died.

Lieutenant Johnny Gandy with the Virginia Beach Police Department said officers were at the same home hours earlier.

Someone called police just before 11 p.m. Saturday to say there was a fight and gunfire at the home. When officers got there, they could not find anyone who was hurt. They also found no signs of gunfire.

Gandy said the home was rented for the weekend. Police talked to the people hosting the party about controlling it better and keeping the noise down. The officers left.

When police returned to the home Sunday morning after receiving another report of gunfire, they found Campbell.

"I heard somebody saying that, 'He got shot! He got shot! Help me! He got shot!'" said Faneesha Keitt, who lives next to the home where the party took place. "Not even five or six minutes after the shots, that's when all the police started coming. When the people saw the police was when they were just going down the street."

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Rosa Binns has lived in the neighborhood for decades.

"It's the first time, as long as I've been here, that we've had anything even like that," Binns told 13News Now.

Word of Campbell's death quickly hit social media. Friends shared pictures of him as well as memories.

Along Hill Meadow Drive, neighbors share concern.

"It's scary. I have a one-year-old son that lives here, and that bullet could've went anywhere," said Keitt.

Doctor Ellen Neufeldt, Vice President for Student Engagement & Enrollment Services at Old Dominion University sent out the following message Sunday:

Dear Campus Community,

It is with great sadness that I inform you of the tragic loss of a fellow Monarch. Darren Campbell, 20, passed away April 24, 2016. Virginia Beach Police informed University officials that Darren was the victim of a gunshot while attending a gathering at a Virginia Beach residence. He was a junior marketing major from Chesterfield, Virginia.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Darren's family. I know that you join me and the rest of the Monarch community in extending to Darren's family and friends our most sincere condolences during this difficult time.

Old Dominion's Counseling Center is available to students, faculty, and staff who are having difficulty. You may make an appointment at the Counseling Center by calling 757-683-4401.

Sincerely,

Dr. Ellen NeufeldtVice President

The case remains under investigation by members of the police department's Homicide Unit. They encourage anyone with information about the shooting to call Crime Solvers at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.