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A Daycare's 911 Call About Gunshots Locked Down NHTI for Half an Hour

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UnfoundedNo evidence of an actual threat was found. The institutional response is documented because the alert communication is identical to what would occur during a real incident.

NHTI was placed on lockdown the morning of November 14, 2025 after staff at the Mary Stuart Gile Early Learning Center and others reported hearing several gunshots on campus. State police dispatch took the call just after 11:30 a.m., and the caller said the shots seemed to come from the nearby I-93 area. The campus came off lockdown around noon and troopers, including a K-9 unit searching for shell casings, found nothing.

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Institution
NHTI – Concord's Community College
Community College · NH
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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 ALERTSMS
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NHTI Alert: LOCKDOWN. Reports of gunshots near campus. 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.

Reconstructed wording: the verbatim NHTI alert is not published, so isVerbatimConfirmed is false and confidence is medium.
State police dispatch received the call from the Mary Stuart Gile Early Learning Center just after 11:30 AM EST on November 14, 2025, reporting multiple gunshots.
ALL CLEARSMS
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NHTI Alert: The lockdown has been lifted. Police searched the area and found no threat. Normal activities may resume.

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

Reconstructed wording; the lockdown lifting around noon EST on November 14, 2025 is confirmed by Patch, but the exact text is not published.
Troopers cleared the search scene just before 12:30 PM EST and reported nothing was found, confirming this was an unfounded report rather than an actual shooting on campus.
Context

Background

NHTI, Concord's community college, hosts the Mary Stuart Gile Early Learning Center on its campus near Interstates 93 and 393. On the morning of November 14, 2025, staff at the daycare and others reported hearing several gunshots, prompting a campus lockdown. According to Patch, New Hampshire State Police dispatch took the call just after 11:30 a.m., and the caller suggested the shots came from the northbound I-93 breakdown lane area near Exit 16. Troopers searched I-93 and I-393, deploying a K-9 unit to look for shell casings, while children playing outside at the daycare were brought back indoors. The campus came off lockdown around noon, and the search scene was cleared just before 12:30 p.m. with nothing found — a brief, well-contained response to an unfounded report adjacent to a busy highway corridor.
Analysis

Key Findings

The lockdown was triggered by an on-campus daycare's 911 report of gunshots, with the noise possibly originating from the adjacent I-93 corridor
State police, including a K-9 unit, searched I-93 and I-393 and found no shell casings or evidence
The campus was locked down for roughly half an hour, coming off lockdown around noon EST on November 14, 2025
Outcome
New Hampshire State Police searched Interstate 93 and Interstate 393, with a K-9 unit looking for shell casings or evidence, and found nothing. The campus was taken off lockdown around noon, and just before 12:30 p.m. EST troopers cleared the search scene. Children playing outside at the on-campus early learning center were brought inside during the incident; no injuries were reported.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    Campus Of NHTI, Concord's Community College, Placed On Lockdown After Gunshots Heard At Day Care Center
    patch.com
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