Multiple college students were injured after a mass shooting happened off-campus.
On Sunday, Norfolk Police Department responded to a shooting around midnight in the 5000 block of Killam Avenue. Seven individuals were wounded in the incident. Five of them suffered non-life threatening injuries, and two had life-threatening injuries.
Amongst the seven, a few were students of Norfolk State University. The school tweeted about the shooting and said it happened “at an isolated off-campus” location. NSU later secured the campus and provided counseling for students.
Norfolk Police have informed us that several NSU students have been the victims of a shooting at an isolated off-campus location near 50th Street and Hampton Blvd. NSU Police have secured the NSU campus. Counseling is being made available for any student in need of services.
— Norfolk State University (@Norfolkstate) September 4, 2022
To make matters worse, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital’s Trauma Center was also placed on lockdown.
According to WTKR station, Norfolk emergency dispatch said first responders were called to several shootings around the same time. The hospital was temporarily placed on lockdown until 5 a.m. due to the constant shootings and rising number of patients.
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