One student is dead after a Thursday night altercation at the student union at Savannah State University in Georgia turned into a shooting.
Christopher Starks, a junior from the Atlanta metro area, died at the hospital after he sustained gunshot wounds from the altercation, according to a statement from the university.
He was the only person taken the hospital, according to the university.
The school was put into lockdown on Thursday night.
Campus is currently on lockdown due to a shooting incident that occurred this evening at/near the Student Union. Report info to 912-358-3004
— Savannah State (@savannahstate) August 28, 2015
The lockdown was lifted just after midnight, according to the university. State investigators, with assistance from campus police, are investigating.
Classes will be delayed until 10 a.m. on Friday.
Savannah State University is a historically black university with about 5,000 students in Savannah, Georgia.
This ends a week with visible gun violence. Mississippi State University went under lockdown Thursday after reports of an active shooter. On Wednesday, two journalists were shot and killed by their former colleague during a live morning television broadcast. The shooter later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
