A 17-year-old girl was shot near Albany State University’s East Campus, prompting a temporary campus lockdown that has since been lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What It Means For You:<\/strong> Albany residents can resume normal activities around the university area now that the lockdown has ended, though police are still investigating the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What’s Happening:<\/strong> The teenage victim is being treated at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital for injuries that are not life-threatening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Between the Lines:<\/strong> Police had a significant presence at Wild Pines Apartments on Sands Drive following the shooting, where witnesses observed one person in handcuffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Big Picture:<\/strong> The shooting temporarily disrupted campus operations as students and staff were instructed via text message to seek shelter and lock doors until authorities determined it was safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Sources:<\/strong> Albany Police Department<\/p>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=53]\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A 17-year-old girl was shot near Albany State University’s East Campus, prompting a temporary campus lockdown that has since been lifted. What It Means For You: Albany residents can resume normal activities around the university area now that the lockdown has ended, though police are still investigating the incident. What’s Happening: The teenage victim is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":42590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"behind","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[10400,8519],"class_list":["post-232389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-albany-state-university","tag-shooting","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=232389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=232389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=232389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=232389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}