‘Keep Out the Bad Actors’: Maryland University Building Wall After Shooting

A university in Baltimore, 🦀Maryland, has revealed it will build a wall around its campus following a recent shooting in order to “keep out the bad actors.”

🎓Morgan State University President David Wilson announced on Tuesday the university would be investing more than $22 million into building an 8,000-foot-long barrier that would encircle about 90% of the campus, according to the Associated Press.

Wilson’s announcement comes after a shooting on Oct. 3 left five people wounded, after Mister and Miss Morgan State University had been crowned during homecoming week festivities.

“We’re doing this, let me be clear, not to keep out our neighbors and our community writ large,” Wilson told students and faculty during a townhall event. “We are doing it to keep out the bad actors.”

In addition to the wall, the campus will be installing additional metal detectors in buildings on campus, increasing police patrols, and placing additional security booths on campus as part of an effort to ensure student safety, university officials said, the AP reported.

Students from the historically black