A University of South Carolina student was shot and killed as he apparently tried to enter the wrong home on his off-campus street early on Saturday, police said.
A student at the University of South Carolina was shot dead early Saturday morning after he attempted to enter the wrong home. Columbia Police officers responded to a reported home burglary on the 500 block of South Holly Street before 2 a.m. that was upgraded to a call that shots were fired.
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.
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