Five wounded in shooting at Virginia State University, multiple suspects
Al Jazeera • • general
Key Points:
- A shooting near Virginia State University’s Quad Annexes in Virginia wounded five people, prompting an hours-long campus lockdown that was lifted Saturday morning.
- Multiple suspects were involved, with one victim in critical condition, and the Chesterfield County Police Department is leading the ongoing investigation alongside VSU Police.
- The incident occurred two days before the university’s fall semester start, at a historically Black university with about 5,700 students located near Richmond, Virginia.
- Gun violence on U.S. college campuses remains a significant issue, with 100 shootings recorded at higher education institutions so far in 2025, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
- Virginia has seen notable campus shootings in the past, including the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre and a recent attack on an ROTC group at Old Dominion University earlier this year.
