Shooting at Mississippi university leaves 1 injured
Published 8:01 pm Wednesday, February 28, 2018
ITTA BENA (AP) — A shooting at a Mississippi university has left one person injured.
Mississippi Valley State University tells The Greenwood Commonwealth that the shooting happened before 7 p.m. Tuesday near a campus recreation center on the 2,400-student Itta Bena campus.
University spokeswoman Brittany Davis-Green says campus police are investigating but had made no arrests as of Wednesday morning. She says the unnamed shooting victim, whose injuries are not life threatening, is not a student. It’s unclear whether others involved in the dispute that led to the shooting are students. She says students and non-students use the recreation center
Davis-Green says the university is strengthening security, including checking identification of anyone entering campus.