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Teen, 18, killed & 16 injured in mass shooting at Alabama university homecoming celebration as cops launch manhunt
Several people were injured including Tuskegee students who were rushed to nearby hospitals
A TEENAGER has been killed and 16 people have been injured after a mass shooting at an Alabama university homecoming celebration.
Gunfire broke out on Tuskegee University’s campus on Sunday as dozens of students, alumni and community members celebrated the school’s 100th homecoming.
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The 18-year-old victim has been identified as male and was not a student at the university, authorities have said.
Of the 16 people who were wounded, 12 were injured by gunfire, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said in an update on Sunday afternoon.
Their condition has not been released.
A female student is among one of the injured after she was shot in the stomach, Tuskegee Police Chief Patrick Mardis said.
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He also revealed that a male student had taken a bullet to the arm as he described the chaos that ensued.
"Some idiots started shooting," Mardis, the school’s former campus police chief, told
"You couldn't get the emergency vehicles in there, there were so many people there."
The FBI have joined cops in the manhunt for the shooter or shooters involved in the incident.
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It has asked the public to contact them or local law enforcement with any tips or information.
There is also a website where people can upload any videos taken during that time, some of which have been posted online.
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Social media footage seemed to capture multiple gunshots and students running away from the scene.
Another clip showed terrified students crouched behind parked cars to protect themselves from any shots.
They kept whispering "get down! get down!" as several gunshots could be heard in the background.
Cops were called to reports of shots fired at one of the university's apartment complexes just before 2 am on Sunday.
Those injured in the shooting, including students, "are receiving treatment at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika and Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery," according to the university.
Hours before the fatal shooting, Alumni Stadium, which has an official capacity of 10,000, was packed with almost 47,300 people for the university's homecoming football game against Miles College.
The investigation into the shooting is being led by the Alabama Bureau of Investigation and authorities have now "secured the scene".
“The university is in the process of completing student accountability and notifying parents,” Tuskegee University said.
“Further updates will be provided as more information becomes available.”
East of Montgomery, Alabama, Tuskegee University is roughly 39 miles away and is a historically Black university.
The number of shooters and whether any were taken into custody is not yet known.
Monday's classes have been cancelled and grief counsellors will be on hand at the university's chapel to help those who have been impacted, the institution has said.
Last year, school administrators had to stop classes last year after a shooting during an "unauthorised party" at the West Commons left four people injured, the reported.
One student accused university administrators of allowing guests to enter the building without being inspected and of causing safety problems.
“Them saying that the party was unauthorized to kind of switch the blame unto us, it’s crazy because even if it was an authorized party, with the security measures we have in place, the same thing could have happened,” Mechel Winters told the outlet.
“I just expected it to be a safe place because we are on campus, and there should be security measures in place,” she said.
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