One killed and six injured after shooting at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University | Pennsylvania

At least one person was killed and six others injured in a shooting at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania Saturday evening, as students and alumni celebrated their homecoming in outdoor festivities at the historically black university, authorities said.

A person who possessed a gun was arrested and authorities are investigating the possibility that there was more than one shooter, but do not believe there is an active threat to the campus, Chester County Prosecutor Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe said during a brief news conference Sunday morning.

“We don’t have a lot of answers about what exactly happened,” he said. “What I will tell you is that today we are operating as if this was not an incident where someone entered with the intent of inflicting mass damage on a college campus.”

Authorities say the shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. in front of a large building called the International Cultural Center, where tents and tables were set up for gathering and socializing after a soccer game earlier in the day.

“It was a chaotic scene and people fled in all directions,” the prosecutor said. He urged anyone with video of the scene or other information that could help the investigation to contact the FBI.

Authorities did not share details about the victims, including their health or where the injured were being treated.

The campus is approximately 50 miles southwest of Philadelphia. Chester County detectives are leading the investigation, with support from state police and the FBI.

Saturday’s shooting is the latest in a disturbing trend of gun violence at homecoming games and celebrations across the country this football season.

Five people were shot near Howard University in Washington, D.C., on Friday as the school celebrated Homecoming weekend. Police later arrested two suspects and recovered three firearms near the scene, and a university statement said a fight between the two individuals resulted in shots fired.

Howard University officials said in a statement that the violence was not school-related and that no students, faculty or staff were involved.

High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi were interrupted by gun violence on October 11, when three separate shootings left six people dead and 18 injured.

The deadliest shooting took place in Leland, where four people died, according to John Lee, mayor of the small town in Washington County in western Mississippi. At least 16 people were injured in the incident, including four in critical condition who were airlifted to Jackson, the state capital, and 12 others who were treated at local hospitals.

About 200 miles southeast, in Heidelberg, Mississippi, police said a shooting during the local school’s back-to-school weekend left two people dead. Later, reports emerged of a third shooting at South Delta High School in Rolling Fork, just 40 miles south of Leland in the Mississippi Delta, where two people were injured.

Late Saturday evening, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a social media post that he had been informed of the shooting and offered support from his administration and his family.

“Join Lori and I in praying for the Lincoln University community,” he said.

Lincoln University Police Chief Marc Partee said the shooting devastated the school’s community on what was supposed to be a joyous day focused on the school’s legacy.

“If there was another word to describe this, this one would have more impact, I would use it,” he said, “but ‘devastated’ is a start.”