AP: One person is dead after a shooting at Tuskegee University

[Dennis Donovan]

AP - One person is dead after a shooting at Tuskegee University

Updated 11:21 AM EST, November 10, 2024

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — Homecoming Week at Tuskegee University in Alabama was marred early Sunday by a shooting that left one person dead, school officials said.

The victim of the shooting was not a university student, but some of those who were injured were.

“The parents of this individual have been notified. 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,” the statement said.

The city’s police chief, Patrick Mardis, said the injured included a female student who was shot in the stomach and a male student who was shot in the arm.

“Some idiots started shooting,” Mardis told the news site Al.com. “You couldn’t get the emergency vehicles in there, there were so many people there.”

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[hlthe2b]

1. I don't know details but there are a hell of a lot of ways this horrific episode could end up far worse...

I hope for the best. I've visited Tuskegee. It is a wonderful school and typically very welcoming-- as was Booker T. Washington's wish.