{"id":15415,"date":"2025-10-26T07:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T07:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/15415\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T07:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T07:27:07","slug":"shooting-at-lincoln-university-in-pennsylvania-leaves-1-dead-6-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/15415\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania leaves 1 dead, 6 injured"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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One person is dead and multiple others are injured after a gunman opened fire at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania<\/a> during the college’s homecoming weekend, according to officials.<\/p>\n

The university’s police chief, Marc Partee, confirmed at a news conference that one person was killed in the shooting,<\/a> and six others were wounded and taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n

One suspect was taken into custody, according to police.<\/p>\n

“Law enforcement has responded to the scene and are actively investigating,” the Chester County District Attorney’s Office wrote in a statement. “Please avoid the area at this time.”<\/p>\n

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SHOOTINGS LEAVE 1 DEAD, ANOTHER INJURED<\/a><\/p>\n

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An active shooter opened fire at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania Saturday night, according to officials. (Lincoln University\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Lincoln University is a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) and is located about 45 miles southwest of Philadelphia and about 25 miles west of Wilmington, Delaware.<\/p>\n

This weekend marked the school’s homecoming festivities, with the main football game taking place at 1 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been briefed on the shooting at Lincoln University tonight, and my Administration has offered our full support to President Allen and local law enforcement,” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro<\/a> wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

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“Please avoid the area, continue to follow the guidance of local law enforcement, and join Lori and me in praying for the Lincoln University community,” the governor added.<\/p>\n

The City of Chester, Chester County, Chester County Police Department, Chester County Sheriff’s Office and Lincoln University did not immediately respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates<\/p>\n

Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital journalist who covers breaking news, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.<\/p>\n

She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One person is dead and multiple others are injured after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1594,31,28,30,29,1427,593],"class_list":["post-15415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-college","tag-crime","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-police-and-law-enforcement","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}