The shooting came as Tuskegee’s 100th Homecoming Week was winding down.
Tuskegee University apartment ended in horror early Sunday morning as dozens of gunshotsIt is not clear yet what led to the shooting, which sent a large crowd scrambling and was captured on several videos posted on social media.
Tuskegee Police Chief Patrick Mardis, who is the former campus police chief, on Sunday morning said a female student was shot in the stomach. “I helped load her up,” he said.The injured were taken for treatment to East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika and Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery.No one has been charged in Johnson’s death or with injuring the 16 people hurt in the incident.
Authorities have not released a motive, identified a suspect or said what might have led to the gunfire.Social media videos captured people hiding behind cars and fleeing the sound of rapid gunfire.“What the hell is happening?’’ one man could be heard saying. “They’re still shooting,’’ another woman could be heard saying with cries in the background.
“Gun violence is ripping apart too many communities and taking far too many lives, especially the lives of young Black people,” Figures said. “We must all work collectively to put an end to this, and I will work diligently to provide resources to address both the root causes and those that commit gun crimes.”
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