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Shooting at South Carolina State University residence complex kills 2 and wounds 1
Two men died and one student was wounded in a shooting at Hugine Suites; classes were canceled and campus counselors offered, South Carolina State University said.
- On Thursday, Feb. 12, a shooting in an apartment at the Hugine Suites student residential complex on South Carolina State University's Orangeburg campus left two people dead and one wounded, prompting a campus lockdown at about 9:15 p.m.
- State Law Enforcement Division investigators are on site and actively investigating the incident, the latest since Oct. 4 shootings that left one dead and one injured.
- Students received `SHELTER-IN-PLACE` and `LOCKDOWN` text orders, with a social media screenshot circulating, while the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety, Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office, and university's Department of Public Safety patrolled the campus.
- The university canceled Friday classes and made counselors available to students, while officials said victims' identities remain unconfirmed and there was no word on any suspect's whereabouts.
- Founded in 1896, South Carolina State University enrolls over 3,000 students and is the state's only public historically Black university, located in Orangeburg, about 75 miles northwest of Charleston and 45 miles southeast of Columbia.
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Two people were killed, and another injured, in an armed attack, last night, at the University of South Carolina, announced the institution - the third armed attack from October to this university, reports AFP.
2 killed, 1 injured in shooting at SC State University dormitory
Two men were killed and a third was injured in a shooting at 9:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2026, on South Carolina State University’s campus in Orangeburg. (File photo/Getty Images)ORANGEBURG — Two men were killed and a third was injured in a Thursday night shooting on South Carolina State University’s campus. The shooting took place around 9:15 p.m. at the Hugine Suites student dormitory on the campus of the public historically Black university …
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