Tuskegee University student Sid Guynn hid under a car when he heard the gunshots that ripped across his Alabama campus amid homecoming celebrations, then ran back to his dorm, frightened by what sounded to him like a machine gun.

It was just too many people here,” one student said. ”And a lot of people who weren’t supposed to be here made their way onto campus.”

The shooting came as Tuskegee’s 100th Homecoming Week was winding down. Its football team has that Saturday played Fairfield-based HBCU Miles College. It is not clear yet what led to the shooting, which sent a large crowd scrambling and was captured on several videos posted on social media.

A Tuskegee University student says he hid under a car when he heard the gunshots that ripped across his Alabama campus.

"Students are our greatest asset, and we will do everything possible to protect them," the university's president said.

A Tuskegee University student from Storm Lake, Iowa is still trying to piece together what happened the night of the school's homecoming weekend shooting. The incident killed a teenager and injured 16 other people.

A newly unsealed federal complaint says a man accused of having a machine gun at Tuskegee University admitted to firing his weapon during a weekend shooting, but denied shooting at anyone