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Shooting and lockdown at Savannah State University in Georgia Savannah State: all-clear after shooting and lockdown at Georgia university
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Savannah State University in Georgia was on lockdown after a shooting on Thursday night, authorities said. Savannah State University in Georgia was put on lockdown after a shooting on Thursday night that left one person in hospital. Authorities later gave the all-clear.
Police had been called to the scene, an emergency dispatch supervisor and university officials said. Reports said the incident took place near the campus student union. Police were called to the scene after an incident that was reported to have taken place near the campus student union. Details were incomplete but campus safety officials said afterwards that there was no longer an active shooter on the campus.
There was no longer an active shooter on campus, said an employee answering the telephone at the university’s public safety office.
Alert sent out from Savannah State to students. pic.twitter.com/ZFzIvQMg8PAlert sent out from Savannah State to students. pic.twitter.com/ZFzIvQMg8P
The campus of the historically black university is located in the heart of Savannah, an Atlantic seaport that is Georgia’s oldest city and the seat of Chatham county.The campus of the historically black university is located in the heart of Savannah, an Atlantic seaport that is Georgia’s oldest city and the seat of Chatham county.
#BREAKING: Shooting confirmed at Savannah State University. Campus on lockdown. MORE > http://t.co/M91glUvNnG pic.twitter.com/da0EmUkyWU#BREAKING: Shooting confirmed at Savannah State University. Campus on lockdown. MORE > http://t.co/M91glUvNnG pic.twitter.com/da0EmUkyWU
The Savannah incident came a day after two television journalists were shot dead by a gunman during a live broadcast in Virginia and about two months after the 17 June fatal shooting of nine parishioners at a landmark African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina.The Savannah incident came a day after two television journalists were shot dead by a gunman during a live broadcast in Virginia and about two months after the 17 June fatal shooting of nine parishioners at a landmark African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina.