From Inside Higher Ed: Shootings at... historically Black universities... left campuses reeling. The incidents came at a time when students and staff were already on edge, after violent threats caused lockdowns at multiple HBCU campuses last month. HBCU leaders across the country have been ramping up campus security measures in response... Someone fired a gun on campus during homecoming weekend at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, killing a visitor from Delaware and injuring six people, including a current student and an alum. University leaders suspended classes... for a “day of healing and reflection.” Gunshots near Howard University in Washington, D.C., also left four individuals injured..., though Howard officials confirmed in a statement that no one involved in the confrontation, or hurt by it, was affiliated with the institution.
Earlier [last] month, three people carrying firearms—including one who fired his weapon—were arrested during homecoming at Southern University and A&M College in Louisiana, though no one was hurt. Shootings at South Carolina State University’s homecoming killed a 19-year-old woman visiting campus and injured another homecoming attendee. The victims and an individual arrested for possessing a firearm weren’t students, but the campus remained unsettled.
“This tragedy has deeply affected our students and we’re helping them work through the trauma,” said the university’s president, Alexander Conyers, at an Oct. 6 news briefing. Two shootings also broke out at Mississippi HBCUs, Jackson State University and Alcorn State University, during October homecoming events, killing one victim at Alcorn State. John Pierre, chancellor of Southern University and A&M College, emphasized that these types of incidents happen across higher ed. Shots were fired at a Louisiana State University football game this month, injuring two people. And a shooting at Florida State University last spring killed two people and injured six others.
...HBCUs tend to experience more regular threats than other institutions, said Lodriguez Murray, senior vice president of public policy and government affairs at the United Negro College Fund, which represents private HBCUs. A UNCF research brief found that HBCUs received 76 threats in the last three years, affecting 51 out of the 101 institutions in the country and disrupting campus operations on 77 different days...
Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/safety/2025/10/29/hbcus-ramp-security-after-threats-campus-shootings.
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