Campus Alert Archive
Stockton

A Road-Rage Shooting on West Jimmie Leeds Road Locked Down Stockton's Galloway Campus for 2 Hours, 44 Minutes

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Confirmed Threat

On Thursday, September 11, 2025, at approximately 12:52 PM EDT, a shooting at the intersection of West Jimmie Leeds Road and Redwood Avenue — just outside Stockton University's main entrance in Galloway Township, NJ — wounded a woman in the face. Stockton University issued a shelter-in-place order at 1:19 PM EDT while Galloway Township Police searched for two suspects in a white Honda CR-V. The shelter-in-place was lifted at 4:03 PM EDT after a suspect was taken into custody. Police later determined the incident was road rage and the suspect was a New Jersey actor.

Alerts
3
Response
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Killed
0
Injured
1
Institution
Stockton University
Public Masters · NJ
~9,500 studentsStockton Alert
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

3 messages in sequence · 2 verified verbatim

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
Verified verbatimNJ 101.5 reporting on Stockton University Police text alert194 chars
Shelter in place at Galloway Campus. If outside, seek shelter indoors. Remain inside for your safety. Do not exit until Public Safety issues all-clear. Check www.stockton.edu/alerts for updates.
Sent at 1:19 PM EDT — 27 minutes after the off-campus shooting at 12:52 PM EDT on West Jimmie Leeds Road and Redwood Avenue
The instruction 'Do not exit until Public Safety issues all-clear' set an open-ended expectation rather than a timeline
Stockton's main Galloway entrance is at the same intersection where the shooting occurred, putting the threat literally at the campus gate
UPDATETwitter/X
Verified verbatimStockton University official X (Twitter) account254 chars
Continue to shelter in place. Galloway Township Police are seeking two suspects in a white sedan connected to an off-campus shooting. The suspect passenger is a white male with a green shirt and long blond hair. Check https://t.co/YNv0oPhCJP for updates.
Posted to the @Stockton_edu official X account approximately 11 minutes after the initial SMS alert
Specific suspect description (white sedan, white male in green shirt with long blond hair) was unusually detailed for a campus alert — reflecting the off-campus origin of the threat
The 'white sedan' description was later refined to a white Honda CR-V SUV; the initial 'sedan' classification appears to have been an early-witness misidentification
ALL CLEARSMS+2h 44m
Approximate reconstructionReconstructed from PHL17 and 6ABC reporting on the 4:03 PM EDT all-clear231 chars
All Clear has been issued by Stockton Police. The shelter-in-place order at the Galloway Campus is lifted. Classes and activities are canceled for the rest of the day at all Stockton campuses. A regular schedule will resume Friday.

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

All-clear came at 4:03 PM EDT — 2 hours and 44 minutes after the initial alert
The all-clear coincided with a suspect being located in a nearby housing development and taken into custody
The decision to cancel classes for the rest of the day was significant — Thursday afternoon was a heavy academic block at Stockton
Context

Background

Stockton University is a public masters-level institution in Galloway Township, New Jersey, serving approximately 9,500 students at its main campus in the Pinelands National Reserve. On Thursday, September 11, 2025, at approximately 12:52 PM EDT, a road-rage incident escalated into gunfire at the intersection of West Jimmie Leeds Road and Redwood Avenue — directly at the main entrance to Stockton's Galloway campus. A woman was shot in the face and transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center. Stockton University Police issued a shelter-in-place order at 1:19 PM EDT — 27 minutes after the shooting — while Galloway Township Police hunted two suspects originally described as traveling in a white sedan (later refined to a white Honda CR-V). The shelter-in-place was lifted at 4:03 PM EDT after a suspect was located in a nearby housing development and taken into custody. The shooter — later identified as a New Jersey actor — was charged. President Joe Bertolino issued a public statement saying the shelter-in-place decision was made 'out of an abundance of caution' and recognizing students' anxiety during the 2-hour, 44-minute lockdown. The case is significant for the archive because it illustrates how an off-campus crime can functionally become an on-campus emergency when geography makes the boundary porous, and because Stockton — a regional public university not previously represented in the archive — handled the cascade with detailed suspect-description updates pushed through both SMS and X.
Analysis

Key Findings

The shooting occurred literally at Stockton's main entrance, illustrating how off-campus geography becomes on-campus emergency
Initial alert issued 27 minutes after the off-campus shooting — fast given the off-campus origin
Shelter-in-place lasted 2 hours, 44 minutes — longer than average for non-on-campus threats
Detailed suspect descriptions (white sedan, green shirt, blond hair) pushed via X are unusual for campus alerts
President Bertolino's public follow-up statement acknowledged student anxiety, modeling transparent post-incident communication
Outcome
Shelter-in-place lifted at 4:03 PM EDT after a suspect was located in a nearby housing development and taken into custody without incident. The female victim was transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center City Division. Classes and activities were canceled for the rest of the day; regular schedule resumed Friday. The suspect, a New Jersey actor, was later charged in connection with the road-rage shooting.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Official
    Statement on Shelter-in-Place Directive — Office of the President, Stockton University
    stockton.edu
  2. Social
    Stockton University on X: Continue to shelter in place
    x.com
  3. Student Paper
    Off-campus shooting leaves Stockton students stunned, shelter-in-place lasts 2.5 hours — Stockton Argo
    stocktonargo.com
  4. News
    Stockton University enacts shelter-in-place after off-campus shooting incident — NJ 101.5
    nj1015.com
  5. News
    Shelter-in-place order issued at Stockton University in Galloway Twp. — 6ABC
    6abc.com
  6. News
    New Jersey actor accused of shooting woman during road rage incident — CBS Philadelphia
    cbsnews.com
  7. News
    Shooting near Stockton University — NBC10 Philadelphia
    nbcphiladelphia.com
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Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion