{"id":278914,"date":"2025-10-05T06:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T06:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/278914\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T06:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T06:28:14","slug":"south-carolina-state-university-campus-on-lockdown-after-reported-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/278914\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina State University campus on lockdown after reported shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina State University was placed on lockdown late Saturday night after a reported shooting near a student housing facility on campus, the Orangeburg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/19KEuDN4MB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">institution announced.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The historically black university issued an alert around 11 p.m., canceling a homecoming concert and urging all students to return to their dorms after shots were fired at Hugine Suites, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">officials posted on the school\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe South Carolina State University campus is on lockdown following a shooting,\u201d the alert warned. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37297972\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/aerial-view-large-public-state-112844157.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of a large public State University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, with many buildings and trees.\" class=\"wp-image-37297972\"  \/>South Carolina State University in Orangeburg was placed on lockdown Saturday night after a reported shooting. Jacob \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Homecoming concert scheduled for tonight has been canceled. If you are not a current student, please do not attempt to come to campus. Hugine Suites residents who are not in the complex report to SHM. Anyone in Hugine Suites stay put. Students in other residents halls return to your rooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials also directed off-campus residents to evacuate the area immediately.<\/p>\n<p>University police have asked the State Law Enforcement Division to step in and investigate. <\/p>\n<p>No injuries have been reported. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPraying for everyone at South Carolina State University tonight,\u201d South Carolina GOP Rep. Nancy Mace <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NancyMace\/status\/1974651157776588985?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.51255539;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37297970\" width=\"892\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https-www-scsu-edu-112843805.png\" alt=\"SCSU Campus Lockdown alert following a shooting at Hugine Suites.\" class=\"wp-image-37297970\"  \/>SCSU issued an alert to student advising they return to their dorms after shots were fired at on campus on Oct. 4, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease stay safe and follow law enforcement instructions as they respond to reports of a shooting on campus. Our hearts are with the students, faculty, and families affected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tim Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorTimScott\/status\/1974675418293948838\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said his office<\/a> is closely monitoring the situation and praying for everyone\u2019s safety. <\/p>\n<p>No additional details were immediately available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Carolina State University was placed on lockdown late Saturday night after a reported shooting near a student&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":278915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,2871,58668,16720,53474,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,3677,3036,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-278914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-college","10":"tag-college-campuses","11":"tag-colleges-and-universities","12":"tag-lockdown","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-shootings","20":"tag-south-carolina","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115320148263667875","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}