University of South Carolina student kills herself inside class
COLUMBIA, S.C. Oct 7 2017
Police were called to a death investigation at the University of South Carolina.
Authorities say that a student committed suicide inside the classroom building.
University President Harris Pastides said in a statement that the woman was a doctoral student and her body was found in Gambrell Hall. He did not release any other details.
The Richland County Coroner’s Office has not released the student’s name or how she died.
The school closed Gambrell Hall during the investigation Friday morning and cancelled all the day’s classes.
Gambrell Hall houses USC’s history department.
The University of South Carolina re-opened the classroom building following the death investigation.
