Gunshots at Tuskegee University sent terrified students running for their lives

A Tuskegee University student says he hid under a car when he heard the gunshots that ripped across his Alabama campus.

Sid Guynn said Monday that he ran back to his dorm terrified by what sounded to him like a machine gun. The shooting early Sunday left one man dead and injured at least 16 other people. A dozen of them were injured by gunfire. Many of the injured were students.

Authorities say 25-year-old Jaquez Myrick, of Montgomery, was arrested hours later.

Officials say he had a handgun with a machine gun conversion device but have not accused him of the shooting.

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