A suspect has been arrested over the Student shot dead at US university yesterday

  

A student was shot dead Friday afternoon at South Carolina State University, prompting a manhunt for several suspects that extended beyond the school’s Orangeburg campus.

Orangeburg County Coroner Samuetta Marshall identified the slain student as Brandon Robinson, 20, of Orangeburg.

“He was a very nice young man,” South Carolina State University President Thomas Elzey said, fighting back tears in a brief statement to reporters. “And it hurts. It hurts us all.”

Police were still looking for at least four individuals who they say might be responsible.

Elzey said “we are pulling together as a community,” announcing that counselors would be made available to grieving students.

“Our first order of business is to make sure that our students are safe,” the school president said.

Campus police were called to the Andrew Hugine Suites Living and Learning community about 1:30 p.m. and found the injured student, the university said. Police said eyewitnesses identified four suspects who had left the campus, the university said.

The school was initially put on lockdown; those restrictions were lifted a few hours later. Nonetheless, South Carolina State’s Facebook page still urged people to “remain cautious and report any suspicious activity to police.”

South Carolina State is a historically black university with about 4,000 students, according to the school website. The campus is about 40 miles south of Columbia.

A suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a student outside a dormitory at South Carolina State University, according to police.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said that 19-year-old Justin Bernard Singleton, of Charleston, has been charged with murder in the death of 20-year-old Brandon Robinson.
Singleton was taken into custody on Saturday morning in Orangeburg, where he was being held, according to a news release issued by officials.

Robinson died on Friday afternoon after he was shot outside Hugine Suites. The university went on lockdown.
Authorities initially said they were looking for four men who had left campus. It was not immediately clear if other suspects were still being sought.
South Carolina State University is a historically black university with about 3,200 students in Orangeburg, about 40 miles south of Columbia.