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An 18-year-old woman was fatally shot early Sunday on the campus of Delaware State University, prompting its closure and the cancellation of all scheduled events. Officers responding to a report of shots fired found the woman near a freshman dormitory with a bullet wound to her upper body around 1:40 a.m., the Associated Press said, citing local police in Dover, Delaware. The unidentified victim was treated at the scene and rushed to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead. Police said she lived in Wilmington, about 50 miles away, and wasn’t a registered student. Her name was being wit…