A shooting occurred Sunday on Winston-Salem State University’s campus, killing one person and injuring another, according to the Charlotte Observer. Police say Anthony White Jr., 19, was fatally shot around 1:20 a.m. on South Martin Luther King Jr. drive. White was a student at Winston-Salem State, and was found unresponsive in a campus parking lot. A second student, whose identity is being withheld, also suffered non-life threatening injuries.
The campus went on lockdown for over three hours after the incident. A vigil for White was held on Sunday, as police continue to search for the suspected shooter.
Brandy Pittman, a 20-year-old junior who was at the vigil, told ABC News that White brightened up the days of his classmates.
“We could tell by his spirit, just him coming to class that he wanted to do better,” Pittman told ABC. “He might not have had the best of things, and he might have been off on some days, but there were days that Anthony would come into class and he would be on top of things and he would make an impact on the other students.”
In a statement, the university acknowledged that the community would be feeling “unsettled” after the tragedy.
“We want to assure our students, faculty, and staff that we are doing all we can to ensure their safety, and would not hesitate to suspend normal activity if we had any information or evidence that a current credible threat to campus persisted,” the statement read.