Local FOX station originally reported the college was “once again” on lockdown due to a shooting. At the end of the news they backpedaled only slightly and stated it was in the on-campus housing. Talk about cherry picking sound bites.
They spent most of their time talking about the new textbooks which will be available in November changing the word “workers” from Africa to say “slaves”.
Just ridiculous station. Sorry I listened.
The shooting is the third in recent weeks on or near the TSU campus. It's unclear if the shootings are related.
A person was wounded in a shooting about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday during an argument on the campus along Tiger Walk, police said.
Officials said the victim was leaving an event at the campus museum and got into an argument with another person. The other person apparently pulled out a gun and shot the victim.
The victim was rushed to nearby hospital. Details of the person injuries and condition were not released, but officials said the person was alive the following morning.
Officials said it was not known if the victim or the shooter were students. Also, it's unclear what sparked the argument. Officials have not if the suspect was in custody.
In another shooting, police said a man, later identified as 20-year-old Darrius Nichols, fired a gun toward a crowd of people about 9:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at a student apartment complex at 3525 Blodgett near Tierwester.
TSU officials said Alexandra Nicks and LaKeytric Quinn were wounded in the shooting. Quinn was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. Nicks was also taken to a hospital and treated for a gunshot wound. Her condition was not released.
Nichols, sophomore at TSU from Garland, surrendered at the scene and was taken into custody. He has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the case.
HPD spokesman Victor Senties said at the time that a TSU police officer dispatched to a disturbance prior to the gunshots being fired ordered Nichols to drop his weapon, but the man turned toward the officer with the gun still in his hand. The officer then fired gunshots at him, but no one was wounded by the officer's gunfire, Senties said.
More details will be reported about the most recent shooting when they become available.