7 people shot at off-campus party during Texas HBCU's homecoming weekend

Seven people, including a child, were shot Sunday at a packed off-campus party near Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black college in Texas, said the Waller County Sheriff's Office.

Seven people, including a child, were shot Sunday at a packed off-campus party near Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black college in Texas, said the Waller County Sheriff's Office.

The event, a trail ride pasture party that over a thousand people attended, was hosted during Prairie View A&M's homecoming weekend, about 2 miles from the university’s campus.

A spokesperson for the university said it's not known if any of the people who were injured or involved are affiliated with Prairie View A&M University.

“Although this was not an official PVAMU homecoming event and was unaffiliated with the university, our campus community is deeply concerned for those injured and all affected by this incident,” a university spokesperson said.

The incident comes just weeks after five people were injured in a mass shooting at Morgan State University, causing homecoming to be canceled for the first time in the university's history.