Student Arrested, No Injuries After Shots Fired at South Carolina State University

Flags fly at the entrance to South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C., on July 22, 2014. Bruce Smith/AP Photo

Orangeburg, S.C.—Shots fired inside a building at South Carolina State University sent the school into a lockdown for nearly an hour Tuesday but no one was hurt, the university said. Police arrested a student for carrying a firearm on school property.

Campus police at the university chased down the suspect, according to a university statement. Orangeburg police charged a 19-year-old sophomore from Charleston on suspicion of carrying a firearm on school property, the university said.