VSU Shooting: Five Injured, Lockdown Lifted
A mass shooting at Virginia State University near the Quad Annexes left multiple people injured and the campus on lockdown as police search for suspects; injuries are reported as non-life-threatening and victims have been transported to area hospitals, with officials saying no arrests have yet been made and updates continuing. The incident is developing with ongoing investigations and law enforcement urging the campus community to avoid the area and follow directions.
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Virginia State University is a public historically Black land-grant university in Ettrick and Colonial Heights, Virginia, United States. Founded on March 6, 1882 , Virginia State developed as the United States's first fully state-supported four-year institution of higher learning for Black Americans. The university is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
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