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1 killed, 12 injured by gunfire in shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama

A shooting on the campus of Tuskegee University in the US state of Alabama killed a man on Sunday, the US police said on Facebook.

Local police said in a statement:

An 18-year-old male juvenile died at the scene. A total of 16 people were injured in the incident.

The day before, there were a lot of people on the campus of the university, as it celebrated the day of the return of graduates. A social media video shows people hiding in the car park at the sound of gunshots.

Twelve victims were taken to hospitals, while four others suffered non-gunshot wounds. Officers later detained a 25-year-old man who fled the scene with a handgun modified into a machine gun.

Tuskegee University cancelled classes on Monday and said grief counsellors would be available at the university’s chapel to help students.

In September, dozens of people were injured in a shooting in the US city of Birmingham, Alabama. Two men and a woman were found without signs of life at the scene, while another patient could not be saved in hospital.

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