Nicholas Donofrio: University of South Carolina student fatally shot

A 20-year-old University of South Carolina student was fatally shot early Saturday morning when he tried to enter the wrong home, police said.

Police found Nicholas Anthony Donofrio, 20, dead of a gunshot wound to his upper body on the front porch of the home on South Holly Street, about two miles from the university campus, according to a news release from the Columbia Police Department.

Police say Donofrio lived on that street and tried to enter the wrong home when he was shot.

A 911 call first came in shortly before 2 a.m. reporting a home burglary, and the call was upgraded to “a shots fired call” while officers were on their way to the scene, according to the news release from police.

The Richland County Coroner’s Office identified Donofrio, police said.