Wording not preserved
A initial alert message is documented at this point in the sequence, but its exact wording is not preserved in the public record. The public edition displays only confirmed alert text.
UVI-STX
Phoned threat to 'shoot up the place' prompts shelter-in-place; determined unfounded
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedConfirmed HoaxDetermined to be a hoax. The institutional response is documented because it reveals how the alert system performed under a perceived real threat.
On the morning of June 28, 2021, an unidentified male caller phoned the UVI library information desk on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix and stated that someone was coming to 'shoot up the place.' The entire campus was placed under a shelter-in-place order at approximately 9:30 a.m. AST, and the Virgin Islands Police Department investigated and issued an all-clear at 10:30 a.m. AST. The threat was determined to be unfounded after a search of the campus found no armed individual.
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Institution
University of the Virgin Islands, Albert A. Sheen Campus
Territory · VI
All UVI-STX cases →~500 studentsUVI Emergency Notification
Documented Timeline
Alert Sequence
2 messages in sequence · 1 verified verbatim
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UVI Students and Employees are advised that an 'All Clear' has been announced on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix. The VI Police Department has looked into the threat and will continue to investigate. UVI's security has increased and will include additional surveillance.
The all-clear message is verbatim from the VI Consortium report, which quoted the email sent to students and staff at 10:30 a.m. AST, exactly one hour after the initial shelter-in-place.
The note that 'UVI security has increased and will include additional surveillance' describes the university's stated post-threat security posture.
The promise that VIPD 'will continue to investigate' reflects that the anonymous caller was not identified at the time of the all-clear.
Context
Background
The University of the Virgin Islands Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix, named for USVI civil rights pioneer Albert A. Sheen, is the smaller of UVI's two main campuses, with approximately 500 students. It sits on the island's eastern end at Kingshill. On the morning of June 28, 2021, a male caller contacted the campus library's information desk and told staff that someone planned to 'shoot up' the campus. The university immediately activated a shelter-in-place protocol, emailing the entire community at approximately 9:30 a.m. AST. The Virgin Islands Police Department responded and swept the campus, finding no credible threat. An all-clear email was issued at 10:30 a.m. AST, one hour after the shelter-in-place began. The threat remained officially under investigation by VIPD with the caller unidentified. The incident is one of several anonymous phone-in threats documented at campuses in the US territories.
Analysis
Key Findings
The threat was phoned to the library information desk rather than to campus security, highlighting publicly-accessible campus phone lines as a threat vector
The shelter-in-place lasted approximately one hour (9:30 to 10:30 a.m. AST), with the Virgin Islands Police Department responding directly to the campus
The all-clear email is quoted verbatim in VI Consortium reporting; it is one of the few UVI emergency messages with confirmed exact text
The US Virgin Islands observes Atlantic Standard Time year-round (UTC-4), with no daylight saving time adjustment
Provenance
Sources
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Cite this case
Campus Alert Archive. "University of the Virgin Islands, Albert A. Sheen Campus: Phoned threat to 'shoot up the place' prompts shelter-in-place; determined unfounded." Incident of June 28, 2021. Added May 2026; last updated July 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-virgin-islands-st-croix-shooting-threat-2021-06-28/
Alert text quoted on this page remains the work of the issuing institution; the archive is a secondary source.
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Added May 2026Updated July 2026Via ingestion