A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting that marred homecoming week at Tuskegee University.
One person has been killed and 16 others were injured in a shooting at a US university.
Homecoming week at Tuskegee University, in Alabama, was marred early on Sunday by the attack on campus.
An 18-year-old man died in the assault. He was not a university student, but some of the injured were.
Of the 16 wounded, 12 were hurt by gunfire, authorities said.
“The parents of this individual [killed] have been notified. Several others including Tuskegee University students were injured and are receiving treatment at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika and Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery,” the university said in a statement.
A 25-year-old man, who was found with a weapon while leaving the scene of the shooting, has been arrested and charged with a federal offence.
The FBI has also joined the investigation.
The injured included a female student who was shot in the stomach and a male student who was hit in the arm, the city’s police chief Patrick Mardis said.
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation said its agents were notified about multiple people shot around 1.40am and that it was still gathering information.
