Four Students Shot At A Party Near Clark Atlanta University
There has been a shooting reported near a college campus, where they say at least 4 students were shot.
An unidentified shooter opened fire into a crowd of at least 200 people at a block party in front of the Robert W. Woodruff Library at Clark Atlanta University, a historically black private university located in Georgia’s capital.
No casualties have been reported and no arrests have been made.
USA Today Reports:
Police were searching for a suspect Wednesday morning after four college students were wounded when a gunman opened fire into a crowd of people near Clark Atlanta University.
Atlanta police said the shooting started around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday after a fight between two groups at a block party outside a library on campus. The shooter then escaped into the crowd. As of Wednesday, no suspect has been named.
“It appears there were two separate groups that were targeting each other, and these people were just caught in the crossfire,” Atlanta police Capt. William Ricker told WSB-TV.
The shooting comes in the wake of two horrific back-to-back mass shootings that have put Americans on edge and renewed a nationwide gun-control debate.
Video shown by WXIA-TV shows dozens of students running frantically after the gunshots were heard. The party was celebrating the end of orientation for new students.
The four injured females were shot outside a library that serves Clark Atlanta and other nearby historically black colleges. The victims were in stable condition with no life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
This is such a horrible situation for these students to have to go through, especially the night before school starts. Let us please keep the victims in our prayers and hope they will make a speedy recovery. If you have any details regarding the shooting, please contact Atlanta Police Department.
