1 killed, 7 wounded in shooting near Fort Valley State

FORT VALLEY, Ga. – A shooting astatine an off-campus enactment adjacent Fort Valley State University killed 1 idiosyncratic and wounded 7 others, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said aboriginal Saturday.

Tyler French, 27, of Byron died Saturday astir 3 a.m., Peach County Coroner Kerry Rooks told section quality outlets. French was not a pupil astatine Fort Valley State, the GBI said.

Several different victims were taken to hospitals, Rooks said. Fort Valley State officials said immoderate of the wounded were students but said nary of those injuries appeared life-threatening.

Social media showed scenes of panic arsenic attendees fled the enactment a half-block disconnected campus, which was being held successful conjunction with the university’s homecoming weekend. A field lockdown was imposed and past lifted.

School officials connected Saturday urged affected students to interaction the university’s counseling service.

“Our thoughts are with the students and the families arsenic they recover,” the assemblage said successful a statement.

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Fort Valley State canceled a Saturday greeting alumni meal and homecoming parade.

School officials said they would summation information for the homecoming shot crippled connected field Saturday day against Clark Atlanta University.

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