Student killed, 2 hurt in apartment shooting near UNC Pembroke

PEMBROKE, N.C. (WBTW) — A University of North Carolina Pembroke student was killed and two others hurt in an early morning shooting near the Commons apartment complex.

“I am devastated that such violence has touched our campus and send my sympathy and condolences to the family of the victim and of those who were injured,” Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings said in a message posted to the university’s website just after 3 p.m.

The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m., according to an alert from the university in the Robeson County town.

Details were scarce Saturday afternoon and the victim’s name was not immediately available. Cummings said the Pembroke Police Department and North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation are leading the probe.

Cummings said no arrests have been made, but the incident appears to be isolated.

It’s the second time in less than a month that gun violence has broken out near UNC Pembroke.

On Feb. 7, 19-year-old Khalil Alford, a former UNC Pembroke student, was killed in a shooting near University Courtyard Apartments.

A week later, Kendall T. Brown, 22, was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and discharging a firearm on educational property in connection to the incident.

The Commons at Pembroke are “minutes from campus,” according to its website.

UNC Pembroke officials said updates on the incident will posted to uncp.edu/alert, the school’s emergency response communication board.

“A tragedy like this impacts us all. Gun violence has unfortunately become far too common in our country, and lately, these incidents are far too close to BraveNation,” Cummings said in his statement. Violence is never the answer and has no place here.”

Cummings said UNC Pembroke will “continue to engage in dialogue with officials in our surrounding area to safeguard our campus community.”