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A student was injured late Sunday night on the edge of North Carolina Central University's campus following a shooting.
Just after 11 p.m., NCCU tweeted that there was an active shooter on campus, but school officials said the situation ended less than an hour later.


Durham police were called to the scene to assist campus police near the school's football stadium, off of Lawson Street, near Alston Avenue. NCCU put the campus on lockdown - urging all students to seek shelter and lock their doors as long as it was safe to do so. Officials said one student was injured during the incident and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The NYDailyNews.com reports a NCCU freshman described the incident as an altercation between a group of his friends and the suspect, who briefly left, but returned with a pistol and began shooting. Just before midnight, the school said the active situation was "all clear" and the campus lockdown was lifted.

Further details surrounding the incident, including information about the alleged shooter, have not been released. Anyone with information regarding the incident should contact the NCCU Police Department at (919) 530-6106.

The incident comes as the university kicked off its week-long Homecoming celebration Sunday.