USC, Columbia police urge residents to stay indoors
The crime was reported to students at around 10:55 p.m. via text message and email by Carolina Alert, the university's emergency notification system.
According to a police crime alert, the subject was armed with a handgun and had last been seen on foot heading toward Blossom Street. The alert described the subject as a black male approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall and 150 pounds with dreadlocks, wearing a puffy black jacket and jeans.
Captain Eric Grabski from USC Department of Law Enforcement and Safety said the incident was a citiy of Columbia case. Efforts to reach representatives for Columbia Police Department went unreturned late Wednesday night, but the alert said that both Columbia and USC police were patrolling the scene and asked residents to remain indoors and call 911 with any information.
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