Police say too early to tell if shootings are connected; lockdown lifted
Two separate shootings during homecoming weekend at Winston-Salem State University, a historically Black college in North Carolina, left one person dead and three others injured, Winston-Salem police said Sunday.
The two shootings unfolded as separate episodes in a single day on the same campus during the historically Black university’s homecoming weekend.
Assistant Police Chief Jason Swaim of the Winston-Salem Police Department said both shootings occurred Saturday on the university’s campus in Winston-Salem.
“At this point, the investigation is still very early in its preliminary stages,” Swaim said at a press conference early Sunday.
He said it was too early to tell whether the shootings were connected.
Authorities are investigating, and the campus is safe, according to the police department. An earlier lockdown has been lifted.
Swaim did not say whether any arrests have been made.