NC Central Students concerned for safety on campus after gunshots

Students at North Carolina Central expressed concern for campus safety after a recent incident involving gunshots and a bullet hitting a window of a building on campus, injuring a student.
Posted 9/21/2020, 10:32:30 PM

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>>> FIRST, SAFETY CONCERNS ON

CAMPUS.

SOME STUDENTS ARE A BIT UNEASY

THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A STRAY

BULLET STRUCK A DORM ROOM

WINDOW.

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>> THANK YOU.

ONE STUDENT WAS IN JUDE IN THE

SCARE. LAURA SPEAKS TO STUDENTS

ON CAMPUS ABOUT THE INCIDENT AS

POLICE INVESTIGATE WHAT

HAPPENED.

>> THE BULLET HIT A THIRD-FLOOR

WINDOW HERE AT THIS BUILDING ON

FAYETTE STREET.

A STUDENT WAS INJURED BY

SHATTERED GLASS.

GUN VIOLENCE IS NOTHING NEW BUT

CRIME IN DURHAM IS GETTING TOO

CLOSE FOR COMFORT.

IN THE MIST OF THE PANDEMIC,

COLLEGE DORM ROOM IS SUPPOSED

TO BE CONSIDERED A SAFE SPACE

FOR STUDENTS.

>> IT'S GUN VIOLENCE.

THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON HERE.

WE ARE TRYING TO STAY SAFE FROM

THE VIRUS AND GUNS.

>> IT ALLOWED THIS TO GO ONE.

IT WAS LIKE 30 SHOTS.

>> THEY BELIEVED IT WAS A DRIVE-

BY SHOOTING SO THEY DUCKED FOR

COVER ON THE FLOOR.

THEY WERE FEARING FOR THEIR

LIVES.

>> WE ARE YOUNG AND TRYING TO

LIVE OUR LIVES AND GET AN

EDUCATION.

WE WENT ENJOY CAMPUS AS MUCH AS

WE CAN.

>> STUDENTS WERE ALERTED

IMMEDIATELY.

THERE IS NO INDICATION THE

RESIDENCE HALL WAS TARGETED.

THE UNIVERSITY TELLS US THERE

IS NO ONGOING THREAT TO THE

CAMPUS COMMUNITY.

>> THEY DO A GOOD JOB

PROTECTING STUDENTS ON CAMPUS

WITH CAMPUS SECURITY.

SUMMER CONCERNED BECAUSE IT IS

AN OPEN CAMPUS.

>> IT IS NOT SAFE.

>> WE HAVE TO BE HOME BY 9

O'CLOCK OR 930.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS

INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING ALONG

WITH DURHAM POLICE.

A SUSPECT HAS NOT BEEN

IDENTIFIED YET.

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