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Sunday, September 14, 2025

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Sunday, September 14, 2025

SC State University shooting leaves one victim; police searching for four suspects

sc stateFollowing a shooting on campus South Carolina State University has issued the following statement:

South Carolina State University is now on lockdown as police attempt to apprehend four suspects they believe are responsible for shooting a South Carolina State University Student.

At approximately 1:30 p.m. today, Campus police were called to the scene of The Andrew Hugine Suites Living and Learning community on campus.

Upon arrival, police confirmed that a shooting had occurred.  One S.C. State University student had been shot. At this time, police are not divulging the identity of the victim.

What is going on at our colleges – this is the third shooting on a U.S. college campus this week – Purdue and University of Oklahoma.