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1 dead, 6 injured in shooting at Lincoln University homecoming festivities
Authorities discuss shooting at Lincoln University that left one dead
One person was killed and six others injured in a shooting at Lincoln University during homecoming events. Police continue to seek information.
One person was killed and six were injured in a late-night shooting Oct. 25 at Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
The gunfire erupted just before 9:30 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the university’s International Cultural Center, where students and alumni had gathered for homecoming festivities.
Investigators have not yet determined if there was more than one shooter. One armed person was taken into custody, but investigators are not saying if that person is a suspect.
“It was a chaotic scene and people were running everywhere,” said Chester County District Attorney Chris de Barrena-Sarobe during a 1:00 a.m. press conference. He confirmed the fatality and multiple injuries but said details remain scarce.
Investigators said they have identified the victims, but have not yet released information about them, including whether any of them were students.
The FBI, Pennsylvania State Police and Lincoln University Police Department are involved in the investigation. Authorities say more information will be released as the investigation continues Oct. 26.
A motive for the shooting is not known at this time, investigators said.
“We’re operating as if this is not an incident where someone came in with the design to inflict mass damage on a college campus,” de Barrena-Sarobe said. “We’re collecting ballistic evidence and going through that evidence now.”
The shootings occurred during what Lincoln Police Chief Marc Partee described as a tailgate celebration “where we gather, we meet friends that we’ve seen, haven’t seen for years, reconnect, share stories, things of that nature.”
The HBCU university’s homecoming game against Elizabeth City State University was played earlier that afternoon.
“This was to be a joyous occasion − homecoming, when individuals come back and they give back to their alma mater, and they relive the good memories of their times at Lincoln University,” Partee said. “This was interrupted by gunfire that should not have occurred, and we are concerned for our students who had to experience this, our alumni who had to experience this, and our visitors.”
Outside the campus gates the following morning, the only visible sign of the tragedy was ribbons of caution tape fluttering in the breeze.
Access to the campus is restricted. Every vehicle is being stopped, and only students and their parents are being allowed entry.
Students who have ventured out beyond the school grounds say the atmosphere on campus is tense and subdued.
Sani Freeman, 20, who was visiting friends and her sister, a student at Lincoln, described the campus as eerily quiet. She and senior Jiles Ebai had just left the parking lot minutes before the gunfire erupted.
“We heard it, but we didn’t know what was going on,” Ebai said. “Then we saw people running.”
Lincoln University senior Jiles Ebai talks about fatal campus shooting
Lincoln University senior Jiles Ebai talks about campus shooting that left 1 dead, 6 hurt
Ebai said he doesn’t believe the shooter was a student at the school. “Why would we mess our homecoming up?” Raheem Henderson, a sophomore who did not attend the homecoming events, was dropped off at the entrance and expressed concern about campus safety.
“I think it’s sad,” Henderson said. He added that he believes future homecomings should be canceled or have better security.
Lincoln University is located along Baltimore Pike in Lower Oxford Township, Pennsylvania. It was one of the nation’s first historically Black colleges and universities. It enrolls nearly 2,000 students.
Investigators are urging anyone with information, photos, or videos from the scene to contact the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
This story will be updated.
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The museums, designed by conservative nonprofits and Trump appointees, tell the story of early America, from colonization to revolution. The one exhibition looking beyond the early years is the “Wall of American Heroes.” It is a list of 51 people, chosen to illustrate 250 years of American history.
A White House spokesman said they were “individuals who shaped this nation’s history, culture and spirit across generations.”
The people pictured on this national honor roll — and the people left out — help illustrate what this administration sees as the highlights of American history.
Amid the administration’s efforts to reshape the nation’s relationship with its past, Trump appointees heavily weighted the list toward a single era of American history — and a few specific kinds of hero.
The other exhibitions in the Freedom Trucks were crafted by a pair of conservative nonprofits, PragerU and Hillsdale College. But the “Wall of American Heroes” was created by Freedom 250, a nonprofit effort whose leaders were chosen by President Trump and that was created to lead the planning of celebrations of the nation’s 250th birthday, overshadowing a bipartisan congressional commission.
A spokeswoman for Freedom 250 said Mr. Trump was not directly involved in the selection of those featured.
But the list clearly tracks Mr. Trump’s own lifetime and the heroes of the conservative political movement.
The wall’s tilt toward heroes of the baby boomer generation, for instance, extends beyond Hollywood stars and musicians. Of the four religious leaders on the list, two — Archbishop Fulton Sheen and the Rev. Billy Graham — also appeared on TV regularly in the 1950s and 1960s. The only painter on the list is Norman Rockwell, known for his idealized depictions of American life in that period.
By contrast, there is only a handful of figures from the first decades of American independence.
“That’s a disservice, if your intention is to present the last 250 years,” said Sarah Weicksel, the executive director of the American Historical Association. “Because all of the people on this list are building on the work and struggles and progress that was made by the people in the 150 years prior.”
The “Wall of American Heroes” was inspired by a similar display in a traveling museum created by the State of Virginia. But Virginia’s display celebrates little-known historical figures.
Mr. Trump’s, by and large, celebrates people who are already well-known — and, often, people who were famous in their own time. For example, it praises P.T. Barnum, a circus impresario who used hoaxes and freak shows to draw crowds. The wall calls him an “icon of American sensationalism.”
The spokeswoman for Freedom 250 said that many of the names on the wall were drawn from a list of 250 people that Mr. Trump wants to include in a “Garden of American Heroes” in Washington.
The spokeswoman declined to say what criteria were used to narrow down the list.
The only president whose name appears on the wall — not on the list of heroes, but alongside his quotation — is Mr. Trump himself.
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Washington — Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey will return to Congress on June 30, his spokesperson said, after being away since March in an unexplained absence that has confounded Capitol Hill.
“Congressman Kean is eager to return to in person work on June 30 and resume a full schedule,” Kean’s spokesperson, Harrison Neely, told CBS News on Thursday. The New Jersey Globe first reported on his return date.
Kean’s whereabouts since he last voted on March 5 have not been disclosed. When he first made a statement about the absence in late April, the New Jersey Republican said he was addressing a “personal medical issue.”
Kean said earlier this month that he would return to Washington within a matter of weeks, at which point he would provide more details about his health.
“Right now I am focused on my recovery and under the advice of healthcare professionals, I will transition from virtual work to in person work within a matter of weeks. At that time I will be completely transparent as to the nature of my medical condition,” Kean said in a June 2 statement released by his campaign.
The statement came hours before polls closed in New Jersey’s GOP primary for his seat, in which he ran unopposed.
He has missed more than 130 votes during his absence.
House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters earlier this month that he had recently spoken with Kean. Johnson said he was aware of the health issue, but would not disclose the details.
“What he’s dealing with is not very common and not a big thing,” Johnson said.
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