AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Officials say a suspect is in custody after a person was shot at a college in Georgia.
Richmond County sheriff’s officials say in a news release that one person was shot at Paine College in Augusta. The shooting Monday prompted a lockdown at Paine and several nearby campuses, including Georgia Regents University.
Georgia Regents University says on its official Facebook page that a suspect is in custody and that the lockdown has been lifted for its campuses.
It was not immediately known if the lockdown had been lifted at Paine, a private school with just more than 800 students about 140 miles east of Atlanta.
The condition of the person shot at Paine was not immediately clear. The shooting came a day after another on Paine’s campus, though it was not known if the two incidents are related.
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Yet another sad story.
Sigh. Crazy how this is becoming a regular story.
I thought crimes like this one wouldn’t occur after Georgia’s “carry anywhere” law passed.
Well, the “guns everywhere” law doesn’t go into effect until July 1. I’m sure its supporters will claim this would have been prevented if the law had gone into effect immediately. R-i-i-i-i-i-ght.