Tuskegee University student killed at block party

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Bobby “BJ” Smith’s death

Tuskegee University is mourning the death of a student who was senselessly killed at a local gathering. Bobby “BJ” Smith of Atlanta died Friday after a shooting at an unauthorized block party in Tuskegee, Alabama.

WSFA reports that Smith was shot in the back. He was rushed to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.


No arrests have been made in connection with his death.

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Smith was a 2010 graduate of Atlanta’s South Cobb High School.


A senior finance major, he was the father of a baby born less than a month ago.

Police are asking anyone with information in his death to contact the Tuskegee police department at 334-727-0200.

-danielle canada

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