2 Dead At University Of South Carolina In Apparent Murder-Suicide

The University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health in Columbia was briefly locked down Thursday after an apparent murder-suicide that left two people dead.

The university’s emergency information system sent out a shots fired alert around 1:20 Thursday afternoon. Students and faculty were ordered to shelter in place while police from several agencies responded to the scene. After a tense hour during which little information was released, law enforcement sources announced that two people were dead.

— Rachel Bennett (@rachel_bennett7) February 5, 2015

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