One person was killed in a shooting Sunday morning at an Alabama HBCU that was hosting a milestone homecoming weekend.
Gunshots fired on Tuskegee University campus The streets were filled with students, alumni and community members celebrating the school's 100th homecoming.
Police responded to a call of shots fired in the 1200 block of West Montgomery Road in West Commons, one of the school's apartment complexes.
The victim was a “non-university individual,” the university told the Post.
Several people, including a Tuskegee student, were injured and taken to a nearby hospital.
The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation into the shooting.
Tuskegee University is located approximately 63 miles east of Montgomery, Alabama.
It was not immediately clear how many shooters there were or whether any arrests were made.
Hours before the shooting, about 47,300 people had filled Alumni Stadium, which has an official capacity of 10,000, to watch the school's homecoming football game against Miles College.
Last year, school officials canceled classes after a shooting at an “unsanctioned party” in the West Commons left four people injured. According to WSFA.
One student blamed university authorities for safety issues plaguing the school and allowing visitors to enter freely without inspection.
“They say the unauthorized party passed the blame on to us, but that's crazy.Even if it was an authorized party, given the safety measures we have in place, That could have happened,” Mechelle Winters told the outlet. .
“We thought it was a safe place because we're on campus. There should be safety measures in place,” she said.
