At least 2 people are dead, and another was injured after a campus shooting on Feb. 12 at South Carolina State University, school officials said, the latest gun-related incident to rock a U.S. college community.
A campus lockdown was issued at about 9:15 p.m. local time on Thursday, Feb. 12, after a reported shooting in an apartment at the Hugine Suites student residential complex, South Carolina State University officials announced in a statement. The school, located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, is about 45 miles southeast of the state capital, Columbia.
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigators are investigating the shooting,according to school officials. Information about the victims' identities, the condition of the injured person, and whether the suspected shooter or shooters remain at large was not immediately known.
The campus remains on lockdown as of 3 a.m. ET on Feb. 13. USA TODAY reached out to the university and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for comment.
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"Friday classes have been canceled," the schoolconfirmed on Facebook. "Counselors are available to students."
Founded in 1896, South Carolina State University has a population of over 3,000 students, according to the school website. The school is the state's only public historically Black university.
The incident in South Carolina comes after the December 2025mass shooting at Brown Universitythat killed two students and injured nine others. In October 2025, shootings on the South Carolina State University campus left one person dead and another injured as the institutionhosted homecoming celebrations.
Contributing: Christopher Cann, USA TODAY
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