Morgan St. cancels football game after shooting
Morgan State has canceled its homecoming football game after a shooting on school previously this week that left five individuals injured.University president David Wilson revealed Wednesday that the game Saturday versus Stony Brook, along with all other homecoming occasions and classes for the remainder of the week, was canceled due to” the most unfortunate of events that happened on our school.” Wilson said in a letter
to the university neighborhood that it marked the very first cancellation of such occasions in the school’s history. Some students were seen leaving campus with knapsacks and luggage Wednesday afternoon. Morgan State president David Wilson said the cancellation of this week’s homecoming events, consisting of Saturday’s football game, marked the very first such cancellation in the school’s history. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images”Today, we sadly discover ourselves navigating this awful event throughout a time at which we need to be celebrating, “Wilson stated in the letter.The Bears’ next game will be at home Oct. 19 in their MEAC opener
against North Carolina Central.Baltimore cops commissioner Richard Worley stated a minimum of 2 people opened fire Tuesday night during a conflict in between two groups at the university’s homecoming occasions, however the victims were likely not the shooters’desired targets. Preliminary proof suggests the shooters were targeting a single person, who wasn’t amongst the victims, Worley said.All five victims– four guys and one woman, all between 18 and 22– are expected to endure. 4 are Morgan State students. No arrests had been made as of
Wednesday night.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.