Morgan State University to build wall around Baltimore campus after four students shot

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A wall will be constructed around Morgan State University after five people, including four students, were shot at the Baltimore campus last week, according to school leaders.

University President David Wilson announced Tuesday that the college would be investing $22 million in security upgrades, including the construction of an 8,000-foot-long barrier to “eliminate unfettered access” to the school, the Associated Press reported.

“We’re doing this, let me be clear, not to keep out our neighbors and our community writ large; we are doing it to keep out the bad actors,” Wilson said during a town hall meeting.  

Along with the wall, which will encircle 90% of the campus, Morgan State officials touted plans to install more metal detectors, more police patrols and more security guard booths on campus to ensure students’ safety.

Officials said many of the upgrades were already planned for the future, but would be sped up to address the latest anxieties over student safety on campus.

Many at the historically Black university expressed their fears at the town hall meeting after the coronation ceremony for the school’s Mister and Miss Morgan State was disrupted due to gunfire on Oct. 3.

A wall will be constructed around Morgan State University after five people, including four students, were shot at the Baltimore campus last week, according to school leaders. AP

The shooting, which took place during homecoming week, left four student’s wounded, with the shooters still on the loose.

Baltimore police have since released surveillance footage of four suspects walking around the campus, appearing to flee after the gunfire rang out.

The shooting is believed to have started as “a dispute between two smaller groups, and one individual was a target of two individuals who had weapons,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said last week.

Baltimore police have since released surveillance footage of four suspects walking around the campus, appearing to flee after the gunfire rang out. AP
Along with the wall, which will encircle 90% of the campus, Morgan State officials touted plans to install more metal detectors, more police patrols and more security guard booths on campus to ensure students’ safety. Getty Images

The victims were four males and one female between the ages of 18 and 22 — who were later transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

All five victims have since been released from the hospital.

Last week’s shooting was not the first time violence erupted during Morgan State’s homecoming celebrations.

Last year, a man was shot on campus during an unsanctioned after-party on campus, according to officials. The year before, a freshman was arrested and charged with shooting a classmate over the homecoming weekend.

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