Shooting in South Carolina State University residential complex leaves 2 dead, 1 wounded

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Orangeburg, S.C. — Two people are dead and another is wounded after a shooting at a South Carolina State University residential complex, the university said Thursday.

University officials haven’t confirmed the victims’ identities or the condition of the person wounded, the school said in a news release.

There was no word about the whereabouts of any suspect or suspects.

The school put the campus on lockdown at about 9:15 p.m. when a report of the shooting came in. The lockdown was lifted early Friday, the university said.

Investigators were on site and law enforcement was patrolling the campus and areas nearby. The university canceled Friday classes and was making counselors available to students.

Kaya Mack had just finished making a food delivery on campus when she heard gunshots and saw lots of police officers coming through a gate. She said she wasn’t sure where the shots were coming from.

“Their loud sirens kind of shook me,” she told CBS affiliate WLTX-TV. “We were looking around, me and other people on campus, we’re all looking around like ‘What’s going on?'”

The Thursday night shooting happened a little over four months after two shootings during homecoming celebrations on Oct. 4. One, which happened near the same residential complex, killed a 19-year-old woman. A man was injured in the other shooting. Several people have been arrested on gun-related charges in connection with the those shootings.