Nov. 10 (UPI) — One person is dead and at least 16 injured following a shooting at Tuskegee University as the school marked its 100th homecoming anniversary Sunday.
The shooting happened on campus early Sunday morning, leaving an 18-year-old dead, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. A dozen people were injured by gunfire during the incident.
The victim who died did not attend the university, Tuskegee University spokeswoman Thonnia Leea said in a statement.
“Several others, including Tuskegee University students were injured and are receiving treatment at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika and Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery,” she said.
Officers with the ALEA were notified about 1:40 a.m. of multiple shooting victims on the campus, ALEA spokesman Sgt. Jeremy Burkett said.
“There’s going to be two shooters at this time, maybe more,” one officer said, according to local media reports.
No arrests had been made as of Sunday afternoon. The school canceled Monday classes.
It’s the latest in a series of deadly shootings in just the last three weeks at Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country.
On Oct. 3, four students were shot on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, forcing the school to cancel its homecoming ceremony.
Five days later, two students were shot during homecoming weekend at Bowie State University about 40 miles away.
The following week, Jackson State University student Jaylen Burns was shot and killed on campus in Mississippi.
The majority of the shootings at those schools, and ones that have happened before, have not been committed by students, police have reported.
Fatal university shootings have not been confined to HBCU campuses, however. There were two such incidents at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last August, and another at Michigan State University in East Lansing last February.
