1 killed, 12 injured by gunfire in shooting during homecoming week at Tuskegee University in Alabama

One person was killed and a dozen others were injured in a shooting on the last day of homecoming week at Alabama’s Tuskegee University early Sunday morning, according to the university and state authorities.

One person was killed and a dozen others were injured in a shooting on the last day of homecoming week at Alabama’s Tuskegee University early Sunday morning, according to the university and state authorities. The victim was 18-year-old La’Tavion Johnson, of Troy, Alabama, the Macon County Coroner told CNN in a phone call Sunday. Johnson was not a student at the university. At least 16 people were injured as a result of the incident, with at least 12 of those injured by gunfire, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said in a post on X. “Several others including Tuskegee University students were injured and are receiving treatment at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika and Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery,” according to the university. Authorities did not say exactly how many others were wounded or provide information on their conditions. Authorities have arrested Jaquez Myrick, 25, in connection with the shooting, according to a Sunday evening news release. “Myrick was found leaving the scene of the shooting that occurred on the campus of Tuskegee University,” the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. “Myrick was arrested and charged federally with Possession of a Machine Gun.”