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Road-rage shooting near the main entrance wounds a woman; shelter-in-place for hours

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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.

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Institution
Stockton University
Public Masters · NJ
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3 messages in sequence · 2 verified verbatim

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NJ 101.5 reporting on Stockton University Police text alert
UPDATETwitter/X
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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 http://www.stockton.edu/alerts for updates.
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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
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ALL CLEARTwitter/X+2h 44m
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STOCKTON ALERT: All Clear has been issued by Stockton Police. The shelter-in-place order has been lifted. A police presence remains on campus. Use caution exiting campus. More details will be available at http://www.stockton.edu/alerts.
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Corrected to exact fxtwitter display text.
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 suspect (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 shelter-in-place. 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 at 1:19 PM EDT, 27 minutes after the 12:52 PM EDT off-campus shooting
The shelter-in-place order lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes, from the 1:19 PM EDT alert to the 4:03 PM EDT all-clear
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 during the shelter-in-place
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.
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  1. Official
    Statement on Shelter-in-Place Directive (Office of the President, Stockton University)
    stockton.edu
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  2. Social
    Stockton University on X: Continue to shelter in place
    x.com
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  3. Student Paper
    Off-campus shooting leaves Stockton students stunned, shelter-in-place lasts 2.5 hours (Stockton Argo)
    stocktonargo.com
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  4. News
    Stockton University enacts shelter-in-place after off-campus shooting incident (NJ 101.5)
    nj1015.com
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  5. News
    Shelter-in-place order issued at Stockton University in Galloway Twp. (6ABC)
    6abc.com
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  6. News
    New Jersey actor accused of shooting woman during road rage incident (CBS Philadelphia)
    cbsnews.com
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  7. News
    Shooting near Stockton University (NBC10 Philadelphia)
    nbcphiladelphia.com
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  8. Social
    @Stockton_edu on X (verbatim all clear)
    x.com
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Cite this case

Campus Alert Archive. "Stockton University: Road-rage shooting near the main entrance wounds a woman; shelter-in-place for hours." Incident of September 11, 2025. Added May 2026; last updated August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/stockton-university-road-rage-shelter-2025-09-11/

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Added May 2026Updated August 2026Via ingestion