{"id":23032,"date":"2019-09-30T11:29:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T11:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=23032"},"modified":"2019-09-30T11:29:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T11:29:09","slug":"shooting-incident-security-tightened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/shooting-incident-security-tightened\/","title":{"rendered":"SC shooting incident: Campus security tightened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A lockdown was issued Friday dawn after a shooting incident took place on South Carolina State University (SCU) campus<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> injuring two female students, one from South Carolina and the other from Claflin University.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Initial reports claim that an altercation between two individuals happened on a club off-campus. The involved suspects then went to the SCU campus and began indiscriminately firing at around past midnight. The shooting incident could have been prevented if there was tighter security, some students commented.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The SCSU campus police were quick to respond on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live5news.com\/2019\/09\/20\/sc-state-lockdown-after-early-morning-shooting-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scene of the shooting incident<\/a>. The neighboring Chaflin university was also informed immediately prompting their security to lockdown their campus as well.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The two women injured in the incident sustained minor gunshot wounds in their legs. EMS took the victims to Orangeburg Regional Medical Center for treatment and was released afterward.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One of the injured students was a 20-year-old junior. Her statement was as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I was walking in the area to meet my friends, I heard gunshots and as I looked down on my leg, I realized I was shot. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Someone came by me and called 911. It could have been my life. It could have been someone else\u2019s life. I\u2019m just thankful it was just my leg and nothing more serious.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Shooting incident taught us to intensify our security efforts<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The campus lockdown on both South Carolina University and Claflin University have been lifted by the police at 8 am Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: Lockdown lifted after shooting at S.C. State University. Press conference set for 9:30 a.m. on campus. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCNews4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ABCNews4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/chsnews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#chsnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZSjV4Z0kt2\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZSjV4Z0kt2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brooke Schwieters (@Reporter_Brooke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reporter_Brooke\/status\/1175022209993191425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SCSU president James Clark spoke on a media press con that,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The school conducts safety checks frequently and they are not announced to ensure there is nothing untoward happening in the campus. This shooting incident was unexpected and a very rare case of a threat in security. Despite that, the security protocols of the campus will be furthermore improved to inhibit similar incidents to happen.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Head of security Steve Pearson also spoke on behalf of the Claflin University,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There are a lot of security measures needed to be addressed by the University and its neighboring SCSU, one of which is the perimeter fences separating these two universities which are often being tampered by students wanting to cross to the other side.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We have also added more personnel on our public safety force to ensure security visibility within the campus at all times. Security cameras are expected to be increased from the current 144 cameras to an additional 80 more.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>This was an unexpected incident but also a learning experience on how to improve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/increase-in-school-security-as-florida-gears-up-for-the-next-academic-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campus security<\/a> to prevent future security threats to the students and the whole campus community.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lockdown was issued Friday dawn after a shooting incident took place on South Carolina State University (SCU) campus injuring two female students, one from South Carolina and the other from Claflin University. Initial reports claim that an altercation between two individuals happened on a club off-campus. 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