Lockdown lifted on SC State campus after deadly shooting

Update at 5:25 a.m.: The State Law Enforcement Division, SLED, says the lockdown on South Carolina State University’s campus is lifted, following a deadly shooting. Agents say the lockdown lifted at 5:00 a.m. Friday.

No other updates were released.

Original story: South Carolina State University officials say the campus is on lockdown following a shooting that left two people dead and one person injured.

The lockdown began on Thursday around 9:15 p.m. when a shooting was reported in an apartment at the Hugine Suites student residential complex.

The State Law Enforcement Division, SLED, is on site and actively investigating.

While the campus remains on lockdown, officers with the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety and the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office are patrolling along with the university’s Department of Public Safety.

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