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Subscribe to RSSA 19-year-old student died as a result of a shooting incident at a residence hall at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., campus officials confirmed early Wednesday morning.
The college sent out an "active shooter alert" email at about 8 p.m. saying a shooting incident had occurred at University Place, a student residence hall, NBC affiliate WMBF reported.
Fifteen minutes later, staff sent a second alert to ensure the campus that the shooting incident itself was "not ongoing," but the search for the suspect continued.
Anthony Darnell Liddel, a sophomore from Bennettsville, S.C., was identified as the victim, university spokesman Doug Bell confirmed.
An alert posted on the school's website said the suspect "left campus in a vehicle."
Earlier in the night, students were advised to remain in their rooms or classrooms while the investigation continued.
While those in the classrooms were eventually allowed to go home, residence halls remain under lockdown throughout the night.
Campus police determined there was no apparent threat to students, so Wednesday classes will be held as regularly scheduled, the university said.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has taken over the investigation from campus police, WMBF reported.
Counselors and ministers will be available Wednesday morning to provide assistance to students, university officials said.
NBC News' Tricia Culligan and Denise Ono contributed to this report.
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What a misleading headline. Thus far zero evidence of a shooting has been discovered. This is one that never should have gone beyond the local news level.
Slow news day, but hey when you get the words shooting and university together in the same sentence, count on the press to sensationalize it and milk it for whatever they can. "That's what sells papers", so to speak.
Hey, you read it. Why don't you skip over the new stories where someone is killed by a murderer who used a gun as the murder weapon?
They have changed the headline and story since my original posting. The quote in my first post is from the original story. This story is much different from the original and should have been posted separately in my opinion.
premature, not inaccurate. As of my reading, it relates the shooting is being pursued by South Carolina state authorities, and the victim has been identified.
They (nbcnews.com) always gets the story out there in advance of having all the facts. But in this case they appear to have been on the right track.
Nothing brings out the NRA trolls like a campus shooting...
Strange. It's also strange that campus shootings seem to be occurring more often and concurrently with Mr. Obama returning to the White House. I was shocked by the instant political gun platform he jumped onto immediately after the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings, rather than paying attention to the families in sympathy. His reactive and abrupt political overtones were too reactive instead of comforting the families of the victims. Also senseless that shooters would keep targeting college students that do not bother anyone.
And nothing brings out uniformed ass holes who do not know little things like well....motive.
Invisible Hand sees invisible posts? I fail to see any "NRA trolls" or discussions about gun control measures at all as of your post. It would seem the readers are upset about premature news-aculation.
You made it a huge bold point to bring up NRA trolls that, as of that moment, hadn't existed in the comments.
And just how do you propose that the president comfort the families of the victims? Flowers? Stuffed animals? A complimentary weekend at Camp David?
I have no doubt that President Obama grieves for the families of the victims every bit as much as you or I. (And what, BTW, are you and I doing to comfort them, other than offering our sympathy in a public forum like this one?) If every elected official spent time comforting victims of misfortune, mayhem, murder, ad nauseam, how would any of them ever find the time to address the root causes of these events? I for one prefer to think that my president should deal with the larger issues that bedevil our country. Gun control certainly qualifies as one of those larger issues, doesn't it? And how does taking a stand one way or the other on gun control identify one's political affiliation?
I'm sure it was another student protecting himself. Was there a dog involved?
We are number 11 in the world in firearm related deaths. If it's not the guns then it must be the number of mentally ill people walking the streets in this country, which in and of itself makes the case for stricter gun-control legislation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate
President Obama went to Sandy Hook to try to comfort the families of the slain. It was in the news. There were pictures.
As for shootings on campuses, what precisely has that got to do with the his re-election? Shall I blame LaPierre? It would make as much sense...
Invisible Hand,
"We can seeeee you"....
Actually, right "through" you.
Must be nice... I have to switch hands once in awhile whereas, you can just imagine "anyone" while rubbin' one off...
Why is this national news?
Exactly. Shootings on school property on the norm in gun-crazy USA. Yawn... who cares?
No, the origional story they posted, that I commented on, was completely devoid of information, and couldn't even confirm that a shooting had actually occured.
Also, these things happen everyday, all over the world. But ever since Newtown, every story even remotely involving a firearm is immediately headline news. Shootings are now marketable, no matter how minor. The news media corporations are taking advantage of tradgedy to make money, because misleading headlines and squishy facts sell ads.
Ban college campuses.
The shooter was just protecting their castle under NC law so all is good.
NC does not have a TX style Castle Law...
1. You can shoot through a closed door, while a person is trying to break-in...
2. Once they are inside, you CAN NOT shoot unless you or the family is threatened...
3. As they are leaving with your stuff, you are ONLY allowed to call the POLICE...
4. Firing your gun @ the criminal is considered 'Deadly Force', not a WARNING, and you could go to JAIL...
Not sure about the SC Laws...
Careful...not correctly stated.
In a majority of states, exceeding the force administered could get one an attempted murder charge. There are many elements and circumstances to consider in these situations. Check your state's laws and case precedent.
Police often misstate code and dispensation of knowledge of a state's laws.
Better to consult with an attorney. Sometimes judges do not even know the law well - if they lack a law education, you see. So - be careful not to misinterpret.
Thank God we have impartial courtrooms and juries, right?
ummm.........this happened in SC not NC. Castle Doctrine only here in this state.
So much for a 'Gun FREE' School Zone...
Nothing brings out the NRA trolls like a campus shooting...
You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything. Say something once, why say it again?
Very clever for a cracker, stone, utterly misusing a Talking Heads line.
Needed- A class action personal injury law suit naming the NRA as defendent
4 million NRA members give $1 to lobby Congress = Tyranny of the Minority. Bloomberg buys Chicago election for $4 million = just an American citizen exercising his First Amendment rights.
And what, exactly, Barney would the basis for your lawsuit be? Oh, wait, there isn't any.
By your logic we could form a class action suit against AAA for DUI deaths. We could file a class action suit against the ACLU for allowing slander and libel. If you want a class action suit, why don't we start one against the big pharma conglomerate that is selling drugs to kids and adults that have a proven track record of producing violent behavior and suicide?
Ban handguns.
In the last 100 years Japanese have murdered millions - Pearl Harbor, Nanking, Bataan Death March - now they apparently want to help everyone by leaving them defenseless. Ask the women in Nanking if the Japanese are ones to lecture on the virtues of being disarmed.
In the last 100 years, angry white men have murdered millions-Hitler, Stalin, etc. How do you even know takenaka is Japanese? Do you think I'm actually a blue unicorn? For all I know, you're from New York City.
If you're attacking the above person for his or her statement regarding the banning of handguns, then feel free to do so.
Just sat down with a real morning coffee, not that ersatz starbucks @!$%#. Couldn't help but notice there are five shooting incidents, seven gun deaths, in the first section of stories. Wayne Lapierre is a @!$%#ing idiot.
I'm confused. How many of these people did Mr. LaPierre shoot???
And Hitler didn't personally kill anyone, either. Great logic there, joemike....
Yes 7 shootings in a country with 315+ million people. What an epidemic! I am sure that violent crimes are on the rise, aren't they? If you believe the media they are exploding, if you believe the actual FBI statistics then you would realize they have been cut in half over the last 20 years.
what a tragic incident .
Studies show that if you own a gun, you are more likely to get shot - eliminate guns and stop violence
Studies show that if you love boiled eggs, you're more likely to be messy - stop people from eating boiled eggs and we eliminate litter
Studies show that if you drive a red car, you're more reckless - ban red cars and eliminate reckless behavior
Studies show that if you love Metallica, you're more likely to be lazy - ban Metallica and eliminate slothfulness
Studies show that large signatures are common among narcissists - force people to write smaller and eliminate pride and greed.
Who knew fixing human society was so simple?
Studies show that Floridians are morons - eliminate Florida and raise the national IQ!
Shouldn't that be "Eric the Red'?
Studies show that if you own a gun, and want to commit suicide, then you are more likely to use a gun to do it. You present this statistic as though if you own a gun it is somehow going to jump up and shoot you. If owning a gun makes you more likely to get shot then how does living in a city with "less guns" make you more likely to get shot?
I suppose the NRA's solution to this is to arm students and professors 24/7. Nothing makes me feel safer than guns together with beer kegs and drunken frat boys in a college dorm.
Society has been unable to solve the problem of violence (or stupidity) in any culture anywhere. How would you prevent college students from doing stupid things and harming themselves or prevent young men from becoming violent? Of course if all guns were to magically disappear, gun accidents would go down, but if we eliminate tall buildings, suicides by jumping would go down; eliminate motorcycles and motorcycle deaths go down; eliminate alcohol and alcoholism deaths go down.
I don't accept that 'this is a start', I want to to know what you envision as the 'finish'.
Yeah, just imagine college boys shooting across the campus in the dark to get the bad guy. There aren't enough ambulances.
Not Relevant Anymore
So that's what you're problem is Al. After every kegger not only did you have a headache, you woke up with a sore ass.
Oh stone, I love it when you're a clever cracker.
Morons with guns.
let me guess, could it been something to do with jealousy or unrequented love or the shooter being a homophobe?
teens ampted up on hormones are just wonderful, especially when they have a weapon
Technically, teens are not allowed to buy handguns.
Like Chris Rock says... Tax the bullet, tax it to $5,000, than one one will have them for their weapons. Sounds good to me. They did it with tobacco and smoking dropped.
Tobacco is not a Constitutionally acknowledged right. Your argument could more appropriately be likened to forcing you to pay $5,000 to post a comment on this message board, as it would keep stupid people from exercising their 1st Amendment right to free speech to the detriment of those reading it.
Who cares, as long as the end result is no more gun violence.
Ok 2 problems with this.
1) Who cares? Lots of people care, myself included. The Constitution is the law that binds the government, if they don't have to obey it, then why should anybody have to obey the laws the government sets for us? You are essentially saying that you want to live in a country where the government controls every aspect of your life under the guise of keeping you safe, which brings me to number 2.
2) The result will not be "no more gun violence", it will never happen. Just look at most of Europe, it is extremely difficult, and in most places totally illegal to own a gun, yet people still get shot there every day. You will never, ever get rid of gun violence, it will never happen. Even if you somehow managed to get rid of all the privately owned guns in the world, governments would commit more murders than the private citizens ever would have. Look at China, look at North Korea, the people don't own guns, but they get killed by their government every day.
Chris Rock is not a rocket scientist, not known for great wisdom...
This is not a mass shooting at a college campus. One person was shot. who knows, maybe the shooter did it in self defense. In "Upstate" South Carolina, approximately 3 people per day are killed, yes, a thousand per year, more than NYC, either in self defense or they are murdered. It may be a result of there being many people whose momma and daddy are also brother and sister, but if a college student is involved in one of these events, the media immediately cranks out headlines to make it appear to be another Virginia Tech incident. It gets people to watch the video reports, including the accompanying commercials...
Gun Laws should include: 1. eye exams 2. storage 3. knowing all parts of your gun 4. point and shoot is no longer on the table. 5. Class for gun use mandatory. 6. Reporting of gun ownership to all insurance companies i.e. homeowners, vehicle owners, and life insurance companies. 7. Drug laws include high sentencing within 300 feet of school and the same should be for gun owners. 8. Schools responsible for their own security, not the State not the Feds. 9. Businesses responsible for posting "NO GUN ALLOWED" at all entrances. Bubba rules no longer available.
Voting laws should include: 1. Test on the Constitution, American and World History. 2. employed 3. Picture Identification (just like for Food Stamps). 4. Drug and alcohol test within 24 hours of voting (paid for by the voter) 5.No more early voting or absentee voting unless you are active military. 6. Certificate of competency by a psychiatrist.
Just reading an article on gun violence in South Africa. Even though firearms are severely restricted, the gangs all have guns. How do they get them? Apparently they ambush police, kill them and take their weapons. We know our gangs would never do that would they?
The police in South Africa are more corrupt than the gangs, hence violence is astronomical .... and every law-abiding citizen not only owns several guns, they have 6' security fences, attack dogs and/or paid security. A SA policeman can be bribed with a cold drink, so the gangs do not "ambush" them .... they bribe them!