Gunfire killed two people and wounded one at a university in the southern United States, just as the facility remained on lockdown.

South Carolina State University said the campus went into lockdown after receiving a report of a shooting in an apartment at the Hugine Suites student residential complex.

"The university issued a campus lockdown at approximately 9:15 p.m. [local time] Thursday following a shooting report in an apartment at the Hugine Suites student residential complex," the statement said.

"At approximately 5 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 13. 2026, South Carolina State University officials lifted the campus lockdown resulting from a shooting on campus," the release said.

"At approximately 5 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 13. 2026, South Carolina State University officials lifted the campus lockdown resulting from a shooting on campus," the release said.

The school added in its initial statement that SLED investigators were "on site and actively investigating."

"University officials have not yet confirmed the victims’ identities or the condition of the wounded person," the statement added.

The School officials who did not say whether anyone was in custody in connection with the shooting, stated that  mclasses have been cancelled for Friday. 

The shooting comes just days after an 18-year-old shooter killed eight people at a secondary school in British Columbia, Canada.