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A Phoned-In Bomb Threat Emptied Cape Fear's Downtown Wilmington Campus

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On Thursday, June 30, 2022, Cape Fear Community College's downtown Wilmington campus at 411 N. Front Street was evacuated after a bomb threat was phoned in. The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office responded and searched the campus, finding nothing dangerous. The threat fell on the same day as a wave of bomb threats against North Carolina community colleges, including Durham Tech.

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Institution
Cape Fear Community College
Community College · NC
CFCC Alerts
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence

Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTPush
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CFCC ALERT: A bomb threat has been reported. Evacuate the downtown campus immediately and move away from the buildings. Await further instructions before returning.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

News and DHS TRIPwire records confirm a bomb threat phone call against Cape Fear Community College on June 30, 2022 and an evacuation of the downtown Wilmington campus; the precise alert wording and time were not published, so this is reconstructed with an approximate timeframe.
The downtown campus address, 411 N. Front Street in Wilmington, is confirmed in reporting on the incident.
ALL CLEARPush
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CFCC ALERT: The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office searched the campus and found no device. The campus is clear. Normal operations will resume per college guidance.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office searched the evacuated campus and found nothing dangerous; the all-clear time was not published, so only an approximate timeframe is given.
This message qualifies as an all-clear because it reports the search complete and the campus clear.
Context

Background

Cape Fear Community College's downtown campus sits at 411 N. Front Street in Wilmington, North Carolina. On Thursday, June 30, 2022, a bomb threat phone call was made against the college, prompting an evacuation and a search by the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office that turned up nothing dangerous. The incident is documented in DHS TRIPwire's bomb-threat records. It coincided with a broader June 2022 wave of threats against North Carolina community colleges — Durham Tech and several others received threats the same day — during a period of heightened tension following the May 2022 Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. Cape Fear maintains its own CFCC Alerts emergency-notification system for incidents like this.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Official
    June 30, 2022 - Wilmington, North Carolina - Bomb Threat - DHS TRIPwire
    tripwire.dhs.gov
  2. News
    Bomb Threat coverage - WWAY TV3
    wwaytv3.com
  3. Official
    CFCC Alerts - Cape Fear Community College
    cfcc.edu
Tags
bomb-threatnorth-carolinacommunity-collegeevacuationwilmington
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion