2 Dead At University Of South Carolina In Apparent Murder-Suicide
The University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health in Columbia was briefly locked down Thursday after an apparent murder-suicide that left two people dead.
The university's emergency information system sent out a shots fired alert around 1:20 Thursday afternoon. Students and faculty were ordered to shelter in place while police from several agencies responded to the scene. After a tense hour during which little information was released, law enforcement sources announced that two people were dead.
WISTV's Carolyn Callahan reported that a source with the State Law Enforcement Division said the shooting was never an active-shooter situation and there is no further threat to public safety.
The Cola Police Department said the shooting was an isolated incident.
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Police did not release the names of the dead and would not confirm whether they were students or faculty, according to WLTX.
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