Posted on 11/10/2024 5:35:54 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
One person was killed and several other wounded in a mass shooting at Tuskegee University’s homecoming Saturday night, as videos captured hail of gunfire ringing out across the Alabama HBCU.
Gunfire erupted on Tuskegee University’s campus as the streets were filled with students, alumni and community members celebrating the school’s 100th homecoming.
Videos shared on social media show rapid-fire shots ringing out as terrified attendees hide crouched on the ground behind cars.
Police responded to a shots fired call at 1200 West Montgomery Road, West Commons, one of the school’s apartment complexes.
The victim was identified as a “non-university individual,” the university told The Post.
Several people were injured including Tuskegee students and were transported to nearby hospitals.
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I sometimes stay near a housing unit for an HBCU and it sometimes sounds like a war zone.
Isn’t this a BLACK university?
The school has apartment complexes ON the campus? Usually those apartments are nearby, but off the campus and owned by slumlords who have some connection to the school or local politicians.
Sheesh. Condolences to family and friends of the murdered victim.
… obviously an unimportant person. He probably holds an inessential job.
Sure it’s a black school...this is what white college kids are doing. 😂
https://youtu.be/aeL9gagV_VA?feature=shared
This is a shame, and I am being serious.
Booker T. Washington has been spinning in his grave for some time.
**Isn’t this a BLACK university?**
Founded by Booker T Washington. He wrote “Up From Slavery”. Very inspirational and heartwarming. It’s proof we’re not a racist country.
White students have also shot up schools. This isn't about race.
Condolences for all.
So much. I interviewed a kid from Tuskegee, one of seven candidates from seven schools, we were going to hire two of them. He was the most personable, and least qualified academically. I felt bad about that, but we could have easily found 100 more qualified candidates at MIT (down the block from us) or U-Mass Lowell, 15 minutes away.
Amen.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Just when you thought our national curse was dead, it raises its head again. These shooting occur everywhere and have nothing to do with race or firearms, but EVERYTHING to do with loss of honor, respect, the nuclear family, abandonment of Christianity and proliferation of drugs.
> EVERYTHING to do with loss of honor, respect, the nuclear family, abandonment of Christianity and proliferation of drugs <
Well said. I don’t know if it applies here, but add I’d the loss of opportunity. When I graduated high school many decades ago, I had my choice of well-paying jobs. There were many factories and mills near me. They were always hiring. No experience needed.
They’re all gone now. And idle hands are the devil’s workshop.
Will Trump 2.0 be able to change this?
Yes: “. . . gunfire ringing out across the Alabama HBCU.” HBCU = Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
I worked with a black minister who had been the Dean 0f Students at Tougaloo College during the tumultuous 1960s (one of the HBCU schools, and founded by Congregational Church missionaries to advance education of freed slaves). I always describe him as a gentleman’s gentleman because that was very much his personality.
“White students have also shot up schools”
The deceased wasn’t a student, and I strongly suspect the shooter(s) weren’t either.
However, what all these people DO have in common IS their race.
The point is, this is much more likely to be a “gangsta” dispute than some crazy white kid.
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