One person was killed and several others injured in a mass shooting at Tuskegee University’s homecoming Saturday night, as videos captured a hail of gunfire echoing through the Alabama HBCU.

Gunfire breaks out on Tuskegee University 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 gunfire as terrified participants hide crouched on the ground behind cars.

Police responded to a call of shots fired at 1200 West Montgomery Road, West Commons, one of the school’s apartment complexes.

The victim was identified as a “non-academic person,” the university told The Post.

Several people were injured, including Tuskegee students, and were transported to nearby hospitals.

Hal Bentley, Macon County Coroner told AL.com that “quite a few people” had been injured, but he could not provide details.

The injured included a student who was shot in the stomach and a student who was shot in the arm, Tuskeegee Police Chief Patrick Mardis said.

“Some idiots started shooting,” Mardis told AL.com. “We couldn’t get emergency vehicles in, there were so many people.”

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The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation into the shooting.

Tuskegee University is located approximately 39 miles east of Montgomery, Alabama.

It was not immediately clear how many shooters there were. No arrests had been made as of Sunday morning.

“It’s horrible,” said Mardis, the school’s former campus police chief. “I always had tingling sensations when I was there. You see this happening everywhere. It happened everywhere else except ours.

About 47,300 people had filled Alumni Stadium, which has an official capacity of 10,000, for the university’s homecoming football game against Miles College hours before the deadly shooting.

Last year, four people were injured when a shooting broke out during an “unsanctioned party” in West Commons, prompting school officials to cancel classes. according to the WSFA.

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One student blamed university officials for security problems plaguing the school and allowing visitors to enter freely without being screened.

“Those who say the party was not authorized are blaming us, it’s crazy because even if it was an authorized party, with the security measures we put in place, the same thing could have happened,” Mechel Winters told the outlet. .

“I just expected it to be a safe place because we’re on campus and there should be security measures in place,” she said.