TUSKEGEE, Ala. (WRBL) — One person is dead and several others injured after an early morning shooting on Tuskegee University’s campus, casting a grim pall over the school’s 100th homecoming celebration.
According to school officials, the victim was not a student of the Tuskegee, Alabama, university and their family has 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 university 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.”
The shooting occurred on campus and happened as the historically Black university's 100th Homecoming Week was winding down.
In a video posted to social media, an apparent attendee of the homecoming celebration is seen taking cover with friends amid a barrage of gunfire.
Emergency responders are on the scene, joined by campus security and local law enforcement.
No additional details were immediately available. The Alabama Bureau of Investigations is now investigating.
Tuskegee University said it has completed student accountability checks, with notifications sent to parents, and is committed to providing further updates as the investigation unfolds.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
