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According to the Associated Press: Baltimore police have arrested a 20-year-old Washington man in the shooting of a Morgan State University football player. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi (guh-lee-EHL’-mee) says Keith Robertson confessed to the shooting, which occurred around 1 p.m. Friday near a residence hall. Robertson was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, when police say he was seen [...]

Morgan State University was placed on emergency lockdown and classes were canceled Wednesday night after a man was shot on campus — the latest in a series of violent incidents that have touched the region’s schools this fall. Many students had just gotten out of class for the day, and others were preparing for evening lectures around 4:15 p.m. when gunfire [...]

College Station police say a gunman killed a Brazos County constable and a bystander and wounded a police officer and another bystander near Texas A&M University just after noon today. Brian Bachmann, the longtime Brazos County constable, an elected position, was attempting to serve eviction papers at a home in the historical district of College Station about 12:15 p.m. CT [...]

A case involving the fatal shooting of an unarmed Florida teen, which has sparked outrage and calls for justice, is in the hands of the state attorney’s office. Police say Trayvon Martin, 17, was returning from the convenience store to his father’s home in Sanford, Florida. A neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, 28, saw the teen and called 911 to [...]

Four Alabama A & M students, three of them A&M football players, have been arrested for allegedly being involved in a shooting at Normal Hills Apartment Complex over the weekend. The apartment complex is located across the street from Alabama A&M University. Monica Ray, executive director of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, said in a statement that the Alabama A&M University [...]

 The man was shot on the campus of Lane College on Wednesday night has died from his injuries. Police said 21-year-old Justin Clark died around 8:55 a.m. Thursday at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Police said Clark was involved in a fight with an unidentified black male near the gymnasium.  Shots were fired and Clark was hit. Police were not [...]