Worcester State University will remain closed after a double shooting in a parking garage early Saturday morning left one person dead and another injured.
State police said the shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. during an altercation and was not an active shooter situation. Neither of the victims nor the assailants are students, according to the Worcester County District Attorney.Sign up for NECN newsletters."It's very eye opening to just be able to see something like that can really happen at any moment," student Javian Nieves said."You could just be in the wrong place.
Many of the students who spoke to NBC10 Boston on Saturday said they later saw videos of the shooting circulating on social media. "It's very unfortunate something like that could happen here," Roback said."I hope it never happens again. My prayers go out to the families and the victims. It's just very unfortunate."WSU Alert 10/28/23 9:28am The current shelter in place has been lifted. If you notice anything unusual/suspicious, please report to University Police 5089298911Earlier, the university issued this alert at 2:49 a.m.:"Shelter In Place is in effect /All buildings.
The school posted another update shortly before 7:30 a.m. saying that the university will be closed Saturday"due to and ongoing incident. ALL University events, on and off campus, are canceled." They did not say if the shelter-in-place was still in effect.
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