Link to local news article.  (This happened about 90 minutes ago so the article is being updated constantly.)

Luckily I didn't have classes today, and my dad had come back from his lunch break before the shooting started (he works at the Attorney General's office just a block away from the ASPH).  Right now all I know is that two people were shot and killed (including the shooter), and it appears to be a murder-suicide.

The University of South Carolina's campus ensconces half of the city of Columbia, which means that during the day you have students meandering throughout downtown Columbia going from their dorms to classrooms to restaurants, etc.  The buildings are open to the public during daytime hours (I believe 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.), so anyone can walk in or out without hindrance.

I'm curious to know if the victim/shooter was a student, staff member or professor.  I imagine details will be released sometime tonight or tomorrow.

This is kind of scary because my university hasn't had any daytime shootings in recent history.  Sure, there have been robberies outside some of the dorms on the outskirts of campus at two or three in the morning, but nothing like this.

Well, as long as it was a murder-suicide at least the situation didn't have any excessive risk.

That's what I was thinking.  Obviously the shooter went in there with a purpose, and wasn't just trying to pull off a shooting VA Tech style.