UPDATE: From The Daytona Beach Police DepartmentThe campus lockdown has been lifted. At this time, no credible threat has been identified. Law enforcement personnel will remain on campus as a precaution and to provide continued security. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach is on lockdown after a threat was made to the campus. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood clarified that the situation is a threat, not an active shooter incident.A law enforcement source said the threatening call came in around 8:40 p.m. with the suspect saying, “five minutes away and I’m going to start shooting the campus up.” The potential threat was reported at the Mori Hosseini Student Union on Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus, prompting immediate action from Campus Safety and local law enforcement, according to Embry-Riddle. Embry-Riddle sent out a shelter-in-place alert saying, “No matter where you are on campus, you shelter in place.” At this time Daytona Police Department is on the scene, escorting students to their rooms, then searching the campus. WESH 2 spoke with freshman Nick Krasznavolgyi, who said he was leaving the Student Union when he got the campus alert about the threat. “It was pretty nerve-wracking,” he said. “Especially these kind of threats are unfortunately common today, and so I got the notification, my heart instantly dropped to my stomach, and I started hauling back to my dorm. It was a pretty scary experience.”He shared screenshots of the alerts he received Tuesday night. Multiple encouraging students to continue sheltering in place until given the all clear. The Daytona Beach PD and the FBI are actively investigating the call. Daytona Beach PD asks everyone to avoid the area while officers conduct their investigation. >> This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is released.
UPDATE: From The Daytona Beach Police Department
The campus lockdown has been lifted. At this time, no credible threat has been identified. Law enforcement personnel will remain on campus as a precaution and to provide continued security.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach is on lockdown after a threat was made to the campus.
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood clarified that the situation is a threat, not an active shooter incident.
A law enforcement source said the threatening call came in around 8:40 p.m. with the suspect saying, “five minutes away and I’m going to start shooting the campus up.”
The potential threat was reported at the Mori Hosseini Student Union on Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus, prompting immediate action from Campus Safety and local law enforcement, according to Embry-Riddle.
Embry-Riddle sent out a shelter-in-place alert saying, “No matter where you are on campus, you shelter in place.”
At this time Daytona Police Department is on the scene, escorting students to their rooms, then searching the campus.
WESH 2 spoke with freshman Nick Krasznavolgyi, who said he was leaving the Student Union when he got the campus alert about the threat.
“It was pretty nerve-wracking,” he said. “Especially these kind of threats are unfortunately common today, and so I got the notification, my heart instantly dropped to my stomach, and I started hauling back to my dorm. It was a pretty scary experience.”
He shared screenshots of the alerts he received Tuesday night. Multiple encouraging students to continue sheltering in place until given the all clear.
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The Daytona Beach PD and the FBI are actively investigating the call. Daytona Beach PD asks everyone to avoid the area while officers conduct their investigation.
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>> This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is released.