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On Monday North Carolina Central University police were searching for five people in connection with a shooting near campus late Sunday that wounded one student. Police have not released any information about the people their looking for but said the shooting stemmed from an argument.
Sophomore Marquez Brinkley said he heard about eight shots fired. The wounded student was a 19-year-old sophomore whose name wasn’t released, and was treated at a local hospital but released Monday morning.
N.C, Central police put the campus on lockdown at about 11 p.m. however the alert was lifted about a half hour later. According to an email from the school sent shortly after midnight, N.C. Central officials indicated that the shooting occurred off Lawson Street near Alston Avenue.
Campus police said the scene was all clear just before midnight. The alert indicated an “active shooter” situation on campus, which Police Chief Willie Bell said Monday was inaccurate.
Chief Bell said it wasn’t a mistake, and that his investigators wanted to be on the side of caution until they could get to the scene of the shooting and determine what exactly happened.
University officials said the shooting wouldn’t affect classes or homecoming week activities. Anyone with information regarding the incident is urged to call the N.C. Central Police Department at 919-530-6106.
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