Orangeburg, SC (WLTX) - An 'all-clear' has been given at the campus of South Carolina State University after a lockdown was in effect as deputies searched for a shooting suspect.
The school sent a campuswide alert late Monday night just before 11 p.m., saying that officers were searching in an area near Mingo Street, which is not far from the campus.
The school told students they should 'shelter in place,' and asked them to use extreme caution.
Streets were blocked, as was one of the entrances to the campus. Just after 1 a.m., however, officers could be seen leaving the area. The university then re-opened one of its gates, and by 2 a.m., they announced the lockdown was lifted.
It's unclear if anyone was taken into custody by law enforcement.
Law enforcement also has not said if the search was in any way related to the ongoing hunt for two murder suspects who escaped from the Orangeburg County Detention Center Saturday night. Officers have said they believe those men are still in the county.
This is the second time the university has issued a notification to students about safety. Just last Friday, the school issued a campus community shelter message after a suspect fired shots at U.S. Marshals on Jamison Street, about a block or two from campus.
The marshals had gone to the home to serve a warrant against a different man, but agents say 18-year-old Derian James opened fire.
After a search in the area that lasted several hours, the other suspect was caught. James, however, remains at large.