Montgomery, Alabama – A shooting during homecoming at Tuskegee University has left one person dead and 16 others hurt.  The suspect is in custody.  According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Jaquez Myrick, 25 was arrested following the incident.  Mr. Myrick was found with a handgun with a machine gun conversion device.  “The agency said in a statement that Myrick faces a federal charge of possession of a machine gun. It did not accuse him of using the gun in the shooting or provide additional details.”

“The agency did not say whether Myrick was a student at the historically Black university where the shooting erupted as the school’s 100th Homecoming Week was winding down. Authorities said an 18-year-old man who died was not a university student but that some of the injured were students.”

According to an article on Newsnationnow.com, twelve people were hurt by gunfire and  four others sustained injuries not related to the gunshots, the state agency said.  Those injured were taken to  East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika and Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery for treatment.

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Monday classes have been canceled at Tuskegee University following the incident and counselors are available to students.