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A BB Gun at a Middle School Spilled Over Into a GTCC Jamestown Lockdown

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On Thursday, September 9, 2021, a lockdown that began at Jamestown Middle School — where a student was seen with a BB gun during a lockdown drill — spread to Ragsdale High School and Guilford Technical Community College's Jamestown campus. GTCC briefly locked down out of caution and lifted it at 3:15 p.m. once the threat was cleared. The Guilford County Sheriff's Office called it a false alarm.

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Guilford Technical Community College
Community College · NC
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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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GTCC ALERT: The Jamestown Campus is on lockdown due to a possible threat in the area. Shelter in place, lock doors, and stay away from windows until further notice.

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

The Jamestown Middle School lockdown began around 2:30 p.m. EDT on September 9, 2021 and spread to nearby Ragsdale High School and GTCC's Jamestown campus; GTCC's exact alert wording was not published, so this is reconstructed.
GTCC locked down out of caution after receiving word of a potential threat in the area, not because a weapon was found on the college campus.
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GTCC ALERT: The lockdown on the Jamestown Campus has been lifted. The threat has been cleared by law enforcement. Normal operations resume.

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

GTCC lifted the Jamestown campus lockdown at 3:15 p.m. EDT on September 9, 2021 after being notified the threat was cleared.
A Guilford County Sheriff's Office spokesperson called the report a false alarm; a student was found with a BB gun but was not threatening anyone with it.
Context

Background

Guilford Technical Community College's Jamestown campus shares an area with Jamestown Middle School and Ragsdale High School in Guilford County, North Carolina. On Thursday, September 9, 2021, a lockdown drill at Jamestown Middle turned real around 2:30 p.m. EDT when a student was seen with a BB gun, and the precautionary lockdown spread to the nearby high school and to GTCC's Jamestown campus. GTCC lifted its lockdown at 3:15 p.m. once the threat was cleared, and the Guilford County Sheriff's Office called the report a false alarm involving a BB gun rather than a firearm. The case illustrates how a community college co-located with K-12 schools can be pulled into a neighboring campus's emergency response.
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Sources

  1. News
    Student with BB gun leads to lockdowns at Jamestown Middle, Ragsdale High and GTCC - Greensboro News & Record
    greensboro.com
  2. News
    BB gun discovered at Jamestown Middle during practice lockdown drill prompting real lockdown - WFMY News 2
    wfmynews2.com
  3. News
    BB gun on campus leads to lockdowns at Guilford County schools - Mooresville Tribune
    mooresvilletribune.com
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lockdownweaponsnorth-carolinacommunity-collegefalse-alarmjamestown
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