A 19-year-old college student was among two people killed in a shooting near a North Carolina campus, news outlets reported.
Four other people were injured after the gunfire erupted on Tuesday, Oct. 25, according to the Greensboro Police Department.
Officials were called to a shooting at about 11:30 p.m. on Circle Drive in Greensboro. The area is about a quarter-mile north of the campus of N.C. A&T State University.
The school in an email announced that counseling services were available after a college freshman died on Oct. 25. A person of the same name was listed in a news release as one of the victims in the Circle Drive shooting.
The student was identified as 19-year-old Kaneycha Turner, who was majoring in management/business administration. She was from Statesville, roughly 40 miles north of Charlotte.
“Our heartfelt prayers and condolences are with her family and friends,” N.C. A&T wrote in the email that was shared with McClatchy News.
Officials said the shooting happened at an off-campus apartment complex that’s popular with college students. However, there was no indication that other students were hurt in the incident, WGHP reported.
Officers responded to the scene and found two people had been shot to death during a party, Teresa Biffle, interim police chief in Greensboro, said during a news conference that the TV station posted on Facebook. Four other people went to a hospital with gunshot wounds.
Of the six people injured in the shooting, two died, according to WFMY. One of the surviving victims was left in critical condition.
Officers are investigating the case as a homicide and said “no suspect information was available.” Anyone with details about the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000 or use the P3 Tips smartphone application.
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