A new government has been formed in America, but the shooting incidents do not seem to stop. A deadly shooting took place at Tuskegee University in Alabama on Sunday. One person died and 16 people were injured in this incident. The shooter has been arrested. Jaquez Myrick, 25, of Montgomery, was arrested off campus after the shooting on campus and was found in possession of a handgun along with a machine gun, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said.
A statement from the agency said Myrick was charged with aggravated possession of a machine gun. It is not known if he is a student at the black university, where the shooting happened early Sunday morning. Officials said the 18-year-old who died was not a student of the university, but several of the injured were students of the university.
16 people were injured in the firing The state agency earlier said 12 people were killed in the shooting and four others were injured. The FBI is investigating. He said that they are collecting information from people. For that he has created an online site to upload videos of the incident. Tuskegee University has announced that all classes will be closed today.
The shooting came as the historically black university's 100th Homecoming week was coming to an end. A statement from the school said the university is providing information to parents.
Treated at Baptist South Hospital The university said in a statement that the victim's parents have been informed. Several injured are being treated at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika and Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery. Macon County Coroner Hal Bentle told The Associated Press on Sunday that the 18-year-old's body will be autopsied at the state forensic center in Montgomery.
The student was shot in the stomach Tuskegee Police Chief Patrick Mardis said the injured included a female student who was shot in the abdomen and a male student who was shot in the arm. City police were responding to an off-campus shooting when officers received a call about a shooting at the university's campus apartments in West Commons, Mardis said.
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