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Two friends who were at the Lincoln University Homecoming event when at least one shooter opened fire spoke to NBC10 on Monday on their personal experiences during the tragedy that left one person dead and six others injured.

One of the women said she was right by the shooter when it all happened, and the other said she jumped into action to save a woman who was shot in the leg.

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"It was very loud, it was like boom boom," said Shamiyah Towns, of Delaware.

A large crowd had gathered on the campus of the first college-degree-granting historically black university (HBCU) in the country for Homecoming.

But what was supposed to be a night of celebration turned into terror.

"I was righ

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