A mass shooting during homecoming weekend at Georgia’s Albany State University left one person dead and five others wounded on Saturday night, according to school officials.
Earlier Saturday in Mississippi, authorities said three people were killed and eight others were injured near Lexington, Mississippi, when at least two people fired guns at a group of several hundred people who were at an outdoor trail celebrating a high school football team’s homecoming game victory.
Albany State University’s interim president, Lawrence M Drake II, said the shootings happened on the school’s east campus, according to the Georgia television news station WAGA. He said Georgia’s state bureau of investigation (GBI) is in charge of the case.
“As always, the safety and security of our ASU students, faculty and staff are the number one priority of this institution,” Drake said in a statement Sunday.