North Carolina Central University was on lockdown for almost an hour after a student was shot on Sunday night, as reported by HNGN.

The victim remains unnamed, but one of the witnesses said his group had a disagreement with an unidentified suspect who left and returned with a pistol.

"The guy reached for his pants and started shooting," said 19-year-old Kenneth White, a NCCU freshman, according to the New York Daily News. "He shot one of my friends in the butt cheek and we went inside to take shelter."

White and his friends carried their wounded friend to a bench and called out to police as they saw them arriving at the scene.

"We waved the cops to come to us instead of the shooter because we had someone down," he said. However, he says that the officers took the victim into custody and took off his pants despite his wound.

"They just put him in handcuffs without logical reason ... I don't think a strip search should be done in public," the Brooklyn-born White said. He took a video of the encounter with the police, but deleted it after gaining negative comments, Daily News added.

"Many people are mad," White added, since a lot of people the video gave a negative impression about the school. "They don't understand the struggle we went through to get our friend to that seat to make sure he was OK."

The authorities announced that they are on the hunt for five suspects that are connected with the shooting at NCCU, according to TWC News. Police announced that the shooter is no longer on campus grounds.

The university released a statement about the shooting:

"The North Carolina Central University (NCCU) campus was placed on lockdown following a shooting that occurred around 11 p.m. on Oct. 25 off Lawson Street near Alston Avenue. The NCCU Police Department responded to the incident and remains on scene investigating the situation. One individual, who is a student, was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

"An 'all clear' was issued at 11:50 p.m. and the campus lockdown was lifted.

"Additional information will be forthcoming as this is an active investigation. Anyone with information regarding the incident should contact the NCCU Police Department at 919-530-6106."

"The NCCU Police Department responded to the incident and remains on scene investigating the situation. One individual, who is a student, was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries," according to CBS 6.

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