{"id":15490,"date":"2025-10-26T09:31:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T09:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/15490\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T09:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T09:31:18","slug":"mass-shooting-reported-at-lincoln-university-in-pennsylvania-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/15490\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass shooting reported at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP)  \u2014 A mass shooting took place at Lincoln University on Saturday evening during homecoming celebrations, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/17gs7HtyGJ\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/17gs7HtyGJ\/\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chester County District Attorney <\/a>confirmed there are multiple victims involved. Sources said there are at least four victims receiving treatment for gunshot wounds after being rushed to the hospital. <\/p>\n<p>An investigation is underway and people are being asked to avoid the campus and surrounding area. <\/p>\n<p>Chester County Commissioner Eric Roe posted on Facebook announcing the shooting, asking the public to pray for the staff and students there. <\/p>\n<p>Governor Josh Shapiro said his administration is offering its full support to the university&#8217;s president.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged Pennsylvanians to follow the guidance of local law enforcement if in the area while extending his prayers. <\/p>\n<p>This weekend marked homecoming weekend for the Historically Black College and University (HBCU).<\/p>\n<p>The shooting reportedly happened near the school&#8217;s football field.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported around 9 p.m., which is when a tailgate event was happening.<\/p>\n<p>Photos show belongings left behind in the chaos, and many people were reportedly trampled. <\/p>\n<p>The school is located about 50 miles from Philadelphia, on the Baltimore Pike in western Chester County.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/shooting-lincoln-university-pa-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/shooting-lincoln-university-pa-campus\/\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS News Philadelphia <\/a>spoke to a witness who said they saw CPR being administered to a victim.<\/p>\n<p>The university said it will be providing on-campus counseling to any students and stuff in need of support starting at 10 a.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Students can also utilize an online service 24\/7. <\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. This article will be updated as more information becomes available. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 A mass shooting took place at Lincoln University on Saturday evening during homecoming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1557,11412,9861,1021,11411,11374,28,30,29,11413],"class_list":{"0":"post-15490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-chester-county","9":"tag-hbcu","10":"tag-homecoming","11":"tag-investigation","12":"tag-lincoln-university","13":"tag-mass-shooting","14":"tag-pennsylvania","15":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","16":"tag-pennsylvania-news","17":"tag-victims"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15490","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=15490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}