Shooting at South Carolina State University residence complex kills 2, wounds 1

A shooting at a residential complex of South Carolina State University left two dead and one wounded. The campus in Orangeburg was placed on lockdown, classes were cancelled, and investigators are on site

Orangeburg: Two people are dead and one person wounded after a shooting at a South Carolina State University residential complex, the university said Thursday.

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

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The school put the campus in Orangeburg on lockdown at about 9:15 pm when a report of the shooting came in. It remained on lockdown four hours later.

Investigators were on site and law enforcement was patrolling the campus and areas nearby.

The university cancelled Friday classes and was making counselors available to students.