What we know about the shooting
- A Baltimore police spokesperson said five people were shot at the Morgan State University campus. All have non-life-threatening injuries.
- Four of the five victims are students at Morgan State.
- Students and faculty had been warned to shelter in place. The order was lifted early Wednesday morning.
- The incident was no longer considered an active shooter situation, police said late Tuesday night.
- The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is assisting Baltimore police.
- Morgan State University is a historically Black university in a residential area in northeast Baltimore.
Shattered windows made police believe there could be active shooter, police commissioner says
Broken windows caused police officers who responded to a shooting at Morgan State University to believe there could be an active shooter, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said at a news conference.
Areas were cordoned off, a command post was established, and officers went through buildings and cleared them, he said.
“The scene remains active, and we are working alongside our many federal law enforcement partners to piece together everything that happened,” Worley said.
The ATF and FBI have said they are assisting police in the investigation.
Shooting will not define us, Morgan State University president says
The violence that happened on the campus was a “very tragic incident,” Morgan State University President David Wilson said.
“By no means will it define who we are as a university,” he said, saying that the university is one of the top universities in the United States.
“Morgan State University will not be deterred. We will continue forward,” he said.
The university has counseling available for members of the college community in the wake of a shooting, he said.
Students were leaving coronation ceremony when gunfire happened, university president said
Students were leaving a coronation ceremony on the campus of Morgan State University and headed to a student center when the gunfire happened, university President David Wilson said.
The coronation ceremony is part of the school’s homecoming week.
Wilson attended the coronation ceremony, in which "Mr. and Ms. Morgan State University" are crowned, and he called it a "beautiful event."
Classes are canceled tomorrow, Wilson said.
5 shot, all not life-threatening wounds, police say
Five people were found shot on the campus of Morgan State University, and all of the wounded have injuries that are not life-threatening, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said.
The shooter has not been located, he said. Campus police were on patrol when they heard gunshots and found five people shot, he said.
Four of the five are Morgan State students, campus police said.
Morgan State lifts shelter-in-place order
Students are free to leave where they have been sheltering after a shooting, Morgan State University said early this morning, more than two hours after the incident was first reported.
"The Shelter-in-Place order on campus has been lifted. All shuttle services have resumed," the university said on X. "As more details become available, we will update our campus community via official University communication channels."
No longer an active shooter situation, police say
Baltimore police said late tonight that the incident "is no longer considered an active shooter situation."
"Everyone is still asked to shelter in place," the police department said on the social media platform X. It said a media briefing would occur soon.
‘It was so scary,’ says student who saw SWAT, police on campus
Imani Jackson and her friend were at a coronation event tonight on the campus to celebrate the introduction of “Mr. and Mrs. Morgan State” to the college community, and as they left they saw a large police presence.
They didn’t hear any gunshots, but they saw around six police vehicles and a SWAT vehicle.
“It was so scary. We didn’t know what was going on. We were texting all our friends, like, ‘Are you OK?’” said Jackson, a student who is an intern at NBC affiliate WBAL of Baltimore.
“I’m terrified, especially this homecoming week,” Jackson told WBAL in an interview.
Jackson and her friend plan to gather with friends and stay inside until it’s safe and more is known.
At least 4 people injured
At least four people were shot tonight, a Baltimore police spokesperson said.
All have injuries not believed to be life-threatening, the spokesperson said.
1 person being treated at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
One person injured in tonight’s shooting is being treated at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, the hospital confirmed.
The patient has injuries not thought to be life-threatening.
Baltimore police have said there are multiple victims, but they have not have said how many.
Shooting happened days before homecoming
The shooting happened amid a week of activities ahead of the school’s homecoming game on Saturday.
The coronation of Mister & Miss Morgan State was scheduled for tonight at the Murphy Fine Arts Center, one of the areas the school urged people to avoid after the shooting.
Family members asked to avoid campus
Multiple victims involved, Baltimore police say
Multiple people shot
Baltimore police said that multiple people have been shot at an address that appears close to Morgan State University and that they are investigating an “active shooter.”
More details were not immediately clear. Baltimore police said around 10 p.m. on the social media platform X that people should shelter in place.
University urges community to shelter in place
More about Morgan State University
Morgan State University is an HBCU in a residential area in the Northeast section of Baltimore.
The school says it is among the nation’s most diverse historically Black colleges and universities and the largest in Maryland.
The Baltimore university was founded 1867 and had about 9,100 students in fall 2022, the four-year school said on its website.