SC State University Shooting: 2 Killed, 1 Wounded in Campus Incident

Two people are dead and one person was wounded after a shooting Thursday night on the campus of South Carolina State University, the school said.

The shooting occurred in an apartment at the Hugine Suites student residential complex, prompting a campus lockdown that remained in place for several hours, according to a news release from the university.

Officials have not yet released the identities of the victims or details regarding the condition of the injured individual. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating the shooting.

The campus lockdown was lifted early Friday, but the investigation continues. Classes have been canceled for Friday and the university stated that counselors are available to students.

This incident marks the second shooting on the South Carolina State University campus in just over four months. In October, two separate shootings during homecoming celebrations left one person dead and another injured, including one incident that occurred near the same Hugine Suites housing complex. Several arrests were made in connection with those October shootings on gun-related charges.

South Carolina State University, founded in 1896, is the state’s only public historically Black university and has a student population of over 3,000 students, according to the school website.

The shooting at South Carolina State University comes after a December 2025 mass shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine others, highlighting a troubling trend of gun violence on college campuses across the United States.

As of 3 a.m. ET on Friday, February 13, 2026, the campus remained on lockdown, according to university officials. The investigation is ongoing, and further details are expected to be released as they become available.