{"id":2478246,"date":"2025-08-24T19:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/active-shooter-reported-at-university-of-south-carolina\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T19:44:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:44:56","slug":"active-shooter-reported-at-university-of-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/active-shooter-reported-at-university-of-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Active shooter reported at University of South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Factive-shooter-reported-at-university-of-south-carolina%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2478246&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary reports an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-dead-including-gunman-in-shooting-in-fla-grocery-store\/\" title=\"3 dead, including gunman, in shooting in Fla. grocery store\">active shooter situation<\/a> at the University of South Carolina&#8217;s main campus in Columbia. Police responded to reports of a shooter,specifically described as a 6-foot white male wearing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiger-woods-makes-first-comments-since-accident\/\" title=\"Tiger Woods Makes First Comments Since Accident\">black pants<\/a>,near the Thomas Cooper Library. As of 7:30 p.m., the university stated there was no evidence confirming an active shooter, though authorities were still searching affected buildings. the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >university issued emergency alerts advising people<\/a> to shelter in place, avoid the area, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-dead-in-missouri-tornado\/\" title=\"5 dead in Missouri tornado\">seek safe shelter<\/a> and barricade themselves until further notice. Classes had just resumed recently, and the incident is ongoing. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Active shooter reported at University of South Carolina<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2210210\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Police are responding to a reported active shooter at the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colleges-and-universities\">University of South Carolina<\/a>&lsquo;s main campus in Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>The school said there was no evidence of an an active shooter as of 7:30 p.m., though police are still searching &ldquo;affected buildings.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3779879\/judge-denies-bond-for-illegal-immigrant-who-caused-deadly-florida-crash\/\">Judge denies bond for illegal immigrant who caused deadly Florida crash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3779853\/pritzker-rips-trump-threat-to-federally-take-over-chicago\/\">Pritzker rips Trump&rsquo;s threat to federally take over Chicago as &lsquo;distraction&rsquo; technique<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3763815\/inside-georgia-ice-training-ground-thousands-new-recruits\/\">Inside the Georgia campus where ICE is training thousands of new recruits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Please continue to shelter in place until there is an all clear. Avoid the area. Evacuate the area or seek safe shelter and barricade yourself in a safe area as necessary until further notice,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/sc.edu\/about\/offices_and_divisions\/law_enforcement_and_safety\/carolina-alert\/recent-alerts\/\">alert<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>The school had previously sent out an <a href=\"https:\/\/sc.edu\/about\/offices_and_divisions\/law_enforcement_and_safety\/carolina-alert\/recent-alerts\/\">emergency alert<\/a> just after 6:30 p.m. that said an active shooter, identified as a &ldquo;6ft white male with black pants,&rdquo; was reported at the Thomas Cooper Library, the main library on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Classes for students at the university began last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Active shooter reported at University of South Carolina; police searching campus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2478247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/usc-shooting.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[49859,32327,37886,35224,61908],"class_list":["post-2478246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-active-shooter","tag-breaking-news","tag-campus-safety","tag-emergency-response","tag-university-of-south-carolina"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/usc-shooting.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2478246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2478250,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478246\/revisions\/2478250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2478247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2478246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2478246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2478246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}