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.
Nicholas Anthony Donofrio, 20, of Connecticut, was dead by the time police responded to reports of a home burglary and shooting, according to a Columbia Police Department news release. Officers found his body on a front porch around 2 a.m., and Donofrio had a gunshot wound to his upper body, the release said.
The article is really light on details - all I see is the guy was trying to enter the wrong house and was dead on the front porch. Hopefully (for lack of a better term), the student was actively entering the house and threatening the shooter. Maybe he was shot in the doorway and collapsed on the porch, or was shot inside the house and retreated to the porch before collapsing.
And, of course, it could be a psycho who just shot at the first perception of a possible threat.
Situation sucks no matter what.
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I hear you. I’m trying to be hopeful, but agree there is a good chance the shooter was looking for a reason to shoot.
Drunk students try end to up in the wrong house worryingly often actually. Anyone who’s live near off campus housing has had someone on their it their neighbor’s porch.
Yeah, that’s my first assumption when a college student is coming home after midnight. Especially if something bad happens.