Tuskegee University shooting leaves one dead and 16 injured on homecoming weekend

# Tuskegee University shooting leaves one dead and 16 injured on homecoming weekend

Event date: 2024-11-10. A shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama killed one person and injured at least 16 others during a homecoming weekend gathering, NBC News reported. Authorities later said a suspect was arrested and charged with possession of a machine gun.

The victim who died was identified by the university as an 18-year-old “non-university individual,” according to the excerpt. That detail matters because it suggests the fatal victim was not a student or employee. The report also says 12 of the injured people were shot and taken to hospitals, while four others suffered injuries unrelated to gunfire during the same incident.

Police and state agents were still trying to reconstruct what happened in the early hours of the morning. ALEA said special agents were notified that multiple people had been shot on campus around 1:40 a.m., and the university later canceled Monday classes while grief counselors were set to be available in the chapel. That response signals how quickly the shooting became both a law-enforcement matter and a campus crisis.

The arrested suspect was identified as Jaquez Myrick, 25, who was charged with possession of a machine gun. Officials said he had a handgun with a machine gun conversion device and was found leaving the scene. The excerpt does not say whether investigators believe he acted alone, whether others fired shots or what led to the violence.

The setting also matters. The shooting happened during Tuskegee’s homecoming weekend, when large crowds had gathered in what witnesses described as a big party-like event. A witness told NBC News that people were dancing and mingling before gunfire started and that the scene quickly turned chaotic.

The university and the state did not immediately explain the motive, and the packet does not support any claim about whether the victims were targeted. Still, the combination of a campus event, late-night timing, a dead bystander and multiple injured people makes the case especially serious for students, alumni and local residents.

This article keeps to the evidence and does not expand into broader commentary about campus safety beyond what the report supports. The verified facts are severe enough on their own: one dead, 16 injured, an arrest, and a university forced to halt classes after a shooting on homecoming weekend.

The campus response matters almost as much as the injury count. Canceling classes and bringing in grief counselors shows how a single night of gunfire can shape the rhythm of an entire university community. The packet does not establish whether the event began as an argument, a planned attack or some other confrontation. What it does establish is that Tuskegee’s homecoming weekend became a public safety crisis with both a fatality and widespread injury.