5 Wounded in Shooting at Baltimore HBCU; Shooter Still At Large

Five people — four of them students — were shot Tuesday night on the campus of historically Black Morgan State University in Baltimore.

Classes at the school have been cancelled for Wednesday as the administration studies whether to cancel further festivities planned for homecoming week.

Police Commissioner Richard Worley said no suspects have been identified and couldn’t say if investigators believe there was more than one shooter, according to the Baltimore Sun.

The victims were four men and a woman, from 18 to 22-years old, Worley said. Officials said the five suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Police responded to an area around Thurgood Marshall Hall and the Murphy Fine Arts Center, CrimeOnline reported. The school’s homecoming court event, the crowning of Mister and Miss Morgan Station, was held at the fine arts center Tuesday night, the Sun reported. University president David Wilson said the gunfire erupted as students were heading to a reception after the ritual.

Worley said officers were patrolling when they heard the gunfire just before 9:30 p.m., WBAL said. Windows on campus were shattered, in addition to the wounded.

The school sent out a shelter in place order just after the first reports of gunfire came in. It was lifted about 12:30 a.m.

“This is a very tragic incident,” Wilson said. “Morgan State University will not be deterred. We will move forward, we will continue our momentum at Morgan, but it is indeed a very, very unfortunate situation to talk about our students being injured.”

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