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       A week after a shooting on Morgan State University grounds, the school announced plans to enclose 90 percent of the campus to limit “unfettered access,” President David K. Wilson said during a campus town hall Tuesday evening.

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       The plan includes an extension of the Morgan Wall, a physical barrier on Hillen Road. The construction is in progress around the west campus, and the proposal calls for an extension down Argonne Drive and Cold Spring Lane, Wilson said. It also calls for “strategic placement” of security personnel at entry and exit points, as well as more guard booths and blue security lights, Wilson said.

       Other security measures include “more enhanced technology to enable us to identify anyone on the campus who is possessing a weapon,” more metal detectors, and a security booth outside Thurgood Marshall dining hall, near where the shooting occurred, Wilson said.

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       “We’re doing this, let me be clear, not to keep out our neighbors and community,” Wilson said. “We are doing it to keep out the bad actors.”

       The proposed security enhancements for the first phase at the public university are projected to cost about $22 million. The proposal will be submitted to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D), Wilson said.

       The announcement comes after the historically Black university in Baltimore had to cancel or postpone homecoming activities for the first time in the school’s history after five people were injured in a shooting on campus Oct. 3 during a celebratory week.

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       Since the incident, the university has increased security patrols by Baltimore Police and Morgan State police. An armed campus police officer is now stationed in front of Thurgood Marshall Hall 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Wilson said.

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       He said there will be more contracted security guards stationed near the exteriors of all on-campus residence halls during the evening and night hours. Currently, there are guards located within all of the on-campus residences, Wilson said.

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       Cameras are being added to the more than 850 already on campus for continued surveillance, Wilson said. The university also has a contract with a national consulting firm to recommend adjustments as needed. There is a safety escort service available daily from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m.

       Police have said that two shooters were responsible, and the incident was likely the result of two disputing groups. The victims were not the intended targets, according to police. Four were Morgan State students ages 18 through 22, while the fifth was a visitor from Baltimore County.

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       Baltimore Police on Tuesday released additional photos of people of interest in the shooting. A reward of up to $9,000 is being offered for any information that could lead to an arrest. Wilson said at the town hall that no motive has been determined.

       “I know that with the clarity now of the images sent out today, by the end of this town hall, there should be 120 tips coming in,” Wilson said.

       The shooting occurred about 9:25 p.m. after the annual Mister & Miss Morgan State University coronation at the Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center near a student dorm, Thurgood Marshall Hall.

       Wilson, who attended the coronation, said Tuesday that the initial thought from authorities was there was an active shooter, prompting a shelter-in-place and a search of “every single inch” of Thurgood Marshall Hall because it was believed that the shooter could be inside.

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       Wilson mentioned the videos on social media of law enforcement going into students’ rooms and that students were “traumatized by that.” Counseling services were provided on campus.

       About 200 students and staff attended Tuesday’s town hall in the University Student Center theater. Some students expressed concerns that current security measures aren’t effective, mentioning security guards who sleep on the job, nonworking blue security lights and security personnel not responding to students requesting escorts.

       Morgan State Police Chief Lance Hatcher said he would check on those concerns.

       Justin Jouvenal contributed to this report.

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