Mother heartbroken after learning of another deadly shooting at Savannah State University

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Another deadly shooting on the campus of Savannah State University has sparked safety concerns by current and former students and their families.

On Saturday, a person was shot on campus and taken to a nearby hospital where he later died from his injuries.

Sharon Starks told Channel 2's Nefertiti Jaquez that she is heartbroken an incident like this has happened again.

“I cry and I’m mad and I’m angry,” Starks said. “It’s been two years.”

Stark’s son, Christopher, 22, was a junior at Savannah State when he was shot and killed by an unknown suspect in the school’s Student Union in August 2015.

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Christopher was a DeKalb County football standout known for his outgoing personality and faith in God.

“At the end of the day he didn’t deserve to lose his life,” Stark told Jaquez.

Stark’s attorney, Omari Crawford, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family, alleging if Savannah State had the proper security in place, her son would still be alive.

“If a person knows this is an area where they can commit crimes, they will,” Crawford said.

According to Savannah-based attorney Abda Quillian, they have. Quillian said she just won a $10 million verdict in October after two females students were raped on campus by the same man and told Jaquez it doesn’t end there.

“For an 18-month period they had had 330 instances of unauthorized people on campus,” Quillian said. “This is beyond an open campus. This is the wild, Wild West.”

In a Tuesday afternoon news conference, university president Cheryl Dozier said the suspect in the most recent shooting was arrested within 12 hours of the crime and noted school police are doing all they can to keep students safe.

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