Five injured, one critically, in shooting at Virginia State University

BBC World Saturday 15 August 2026, 14:21 UTC 1 min read

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Multiple suspects were involved in the incident in the early hours of Saturday, the university said.

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Multiple shooters, 5 people shot at US university The shootings, which prompted a campus lockdown, happened just before the start of the academic year at Virginia State University A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown early on Saturday. The shooting happened near the university’s Quad Annexes, and both campus police and Chesterfield County police are actively investigating. County police said officers discovered...

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