Morgan State Shooting Marks 3rd Year in a Row Baltimore University’s Homecoming Was Marred by Violence

The mass shooting at Morgan State University on Tuesday marked the third year in a row that the school’s homecoming celebrations were dampened by violence. 

Five people, four of whom were students, were shot on the school’s Baltimore, Maryland campus around 9:25 p.m., all suffering non-life threatening injuries.

The suspect remains at large, and homecoming events have since been paused.

It was a tragic flashback to the previous two years. In 2022, according to CBS News, a 20-year-old man, who wasn’t a student, was shot at an unsanctioned homecoming party at the school. 

The year before, CBS reported that an 18-year-old Morgan State student was shot on campus in the aftermath of homecoming activities and suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

University President David Wilson called Tuesday's shooting "a senseless act of violence perpetrated on our community” in response to the shooting. 

Students described it and the ensuing lockdown as traumatic. 

Morgan State student Imani Jackson told WBAL-TV “we were so confused about what was happening.

"It was so scary,” she said. “I’m terrified. On Saturday we’re supposed to be having a big party. I don’t want to be on campus."

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said guns are "in the hands of people who should not have them."

"We have to deal with this issue nationally," he said, CBS News reported. "We have to get serious about guns."