{
  "id": "2022-06-30-durham-technical-community-college-bomb-threat",
  "slug": "durham-technical-community-college-bomb-threat-2022-06-30",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Durham Technical Community College",
    "shortName": "Durham Tech",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Durham Tech Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-06-30",
    "type": "bomb-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Bomb threat brought a shelter-in-place, then a campus-wide evacuation; no device found",
    "headlinePublic": "Bomb threat brought a shelter-in-place, then a campus-wide evacuation; no device found",
    "summary": "On Thursday, June 30, 2022, Durham Technical Community College received a bomb threat against its main campus on Lawson Street in Durham, North Carolina. The college [first told everyone to shelter in place around 11 a.m. EDT, then ordered an immediate campus-wide evacuation about an hour later](https://abc11.com/post/bomb-threat-durham-technical-community-college-evacuation-main-campus/12006308/). Durham police searched the campus, [found no device](https://www.wral.com/durham-technical-community-college-evacuated-as-police-investigate-bomb-threat/20355041/), and the college closed for the rest of the day. The threat was [one of several aimed at North Carolina community colleges that day](https://www.wunc.org/2022-06-30/police-investigating-a-bomb-threat-at-durham-tech)."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2022-06-30T11:00:00-04:00",
      "channel": "push-notification",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from ABC11 reporting that around 11 a.m. Durham Tech posted an emergency alert telling everyone on main campus to shelter in place because of a bomb threat",
      "annotations": []
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "Around noon EDT, June 30, 2022",
      "channel": "facebook",
      "verbatimText": "We are evacuating our Main Campus on Lawson Street due to a bomb threat that was reported to Durham Police this morning. Durham Police are currently conducting a sweep of each building. Main Campus will be closed for the remainder of the day. Lawson Street between Briggs Avenue and Bacon Street has been temporarily closed.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://abc11.com/post/bomb-threat-durham-technical-community-college-evacuation-main-campus/12006308/",
      "sourceDescription": "Durham Tech evacuation post, reproduced verbatim by ABC11 and WRAL (also quoted by The News & Observer)",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim evacuation message recovered from Durham Tech's public statement, quoted identically by ABC11 and WRAL on June 30, 2022; it replaced the earlier shelter-in-place instruction.",
        "The escalation from shelter-in-place to evacuation came as Durham Police began sweeping each building on the main campus."
      ],
      "characterCount": 324
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "Around 2:40 PM EDT, June 30, 2022",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "No suspicious items were found during thorough search of campus",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://abc11.com/post/bomb-threat-durham-technical-community-college-evacuation-main-campus/12006308/",
      "sourceDescription": "Durham Tech all-clear tweet, quoted by ABC11 and CBS17",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim all-clear text recovered from Durham Tech's tweet around 2:40 p.m. EDT on June 30, 2022, as quoted by ABC11 and CBS17; the missing article ('during thorough search') is preserved from the original post.",
        "Durham police investigated and found no explosive device; President J.B. Buxton issued a public statement on the threat the same day, and the college closed for the rest of the day on June 30, 2022."
      ],
      "characterCount": 63
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Durham Technical Community College main campus evacuated due to bomb threat - ABC11",
      "url": "https://abc11.com/post/bomb-threat-durham-technical-community-college-evacuation-main-campus/12006308/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Durham Technical Community College evacuated as police investigate bomb threat - WRAL",
      "url": "https://www.wral.com/durham-technical-community-college-evacuated-as-police-investigate-bomb-threat/20355041/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Multiple NC community colleges receive bomb threats - WUNC",
      "url": "https://www.wunc.org/2022-06-30/police-investigating-a-bomb-threat-at-durham-tech",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Statement from President J.B. Buxton on today's bomb threat to Durham Tech's Main Campus - Durham Technical Community College",
      "url": "https://www.durhamtech.edu/news/statement-president-jb-buxton-todays-bomb-threat-durham-techs-main-campus",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Durham Technical Community College's main campus sits on Lawson Street in Durham, North Carolina. On Thursday, June 30, 2022, the college received a bomb threat and [posted an emergency alert around 11 a.m. EDT telling everyone to shelter in place](https://abc11.com/post/bomb-threat-durham-technical-community-college-evacuation-main-campus/12006308/); buildings 6 and 10 were evacuated first, and a second alert around noon ordered the whole campus to exit immediately. [Durham police searched the campus and found no explosive device](https://www.wral.com/durham-technical-community-college-evacuated-as-police-investigate-bomb-threat/20355041/), and President J.B. Buxton issued a [public statement on the threat](https://www.durhamtech.edu/news/statement-president-jb-buxton-todays-bomb-threat-durham-techs-main-campus). The threat was not isolated: [Johnston, Martin, and Vance-Granville community colleges received threats the same day](https://www.wunc.org/2022-06-30/police-investigating-a-bomb-threat-at-durham-tech), part of a broader 2022 wave of bomb threats against North Carolina campuses.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "bomb-threat",
    "north-carolina",
    "community-college",
    "evacuation",
    "shelter-in-place",
    "durham"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-29",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}