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Bill Hutchinson/Getty Images(COLUMBIA, S.C.)  A 20-year-old University of South Carolina student was fatally shot Saturday when he accidentally tried to enter the wrong house on the street where he lived and was mistaken for a burglar, according to police. The student was identified as Nicholas Anthony Donofrio, according to the Richland County, South Carolina, Coroner s Office. Donofrio was from Connecticut and had just started his sophomore year last week at the university, school officials said. Donofrio was shot to death early Saturday at a home several blocks from the University of South Carolina in southeast Columbia, the state capital, according to a statement from the Columbia Police Department. The shooting unfolded just before 2 a.m. on the street where Donofrio lived, police said. "Preliminary information indicates that Donofrio who resided on South Holly Street attempted to enter the wrong home when he was fatally shot," according to the police statement. P

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