{
  "id": "2025-09-30-lone-star-college-university-park-bomb-threat",
  "slug": "lone-star-college-university-park-bomb-threat-2025-09-30",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Lone Star College–University Park",
    "shortName": "LSC-UP",
    "state": "TX",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "LSC Alert",
    "enrollment": 13000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-09-30",
    "type": "bomb-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-hoax",
    "headline": "Emailed bomb threat against the library evacuates two buildings; no device found",
    "headlinePublic": "Emailed bomb threat against the library evacuates two buildings; no device found",
    "summary": "On September 30, 2025, [Lone Star College Police Department](https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/lone-star-college-university-park-alert-evacuation-order/285-e2e3b013-3e4b-45aa-956e-97aea7f67699) received an email threatening an explosive device at the LSC-University Park Library in northwest Harris County. The college issued an LSC Alert directing evacuation of Buildings 12 and 13 with the imperative phrasing 'THIS IS NOT A DRILL.' The Harris County Bomb Squad and K-9 units swept the library and found no device. The same day, [Prairie View A&M University](https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/09/30/no-bomb-threat-found-after-evacuation-at-lone-star-college-university-park-in-nw-harris-county/) received a similar threat targeting its library.",
    "outcome": "No injuries, no device found. LSC-University Park canceled classes for the rest of the day. The Harris County Bomb Squad and Sheriff's K-9 units cleared the library. No suspect was publicly identified.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Mid-morning of September 30, 2025 (Central Time)",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "LSC Alert: EVACUATE UP Buildings 12 and 13 immediately. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/lone-star-college-university-park-alert-evacuation-order/285-e2e3b013-3e4b-45aa-956e-97aea7f67699",
      "sourceDescription": "KHOU report quoting the verbatim LSC Alert text",
      "annotations": [
        "The all-caps 'THIS IS NOT A DRILL' line matches Lone Star College's standard templated alert language, also documented in the system's January 2023 North Harris lockdown alert",
        "Buildings 12 and 13 at LSC-University Park house the library and student services, central infrastructure on the University Park campus",
        "The LSC Police Department received the email threat and triggered the evacuation alert promptly"
      ],
      "characterCount": 76
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "Late morning of September 30, 2025 (Central Time)",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from KHOU follow-up reporting on the all-clear and class cancellation",
      "annotations": []
    }
  ],
  "context": "On the morning of September 30, 2025, the [Lone Star College Police Department](https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/lone-star-college-university-park-alert-evacuation-order/285-e2e3b013-3e4b-45aa-956e-97aea7f67699) received an email threatening an explosive device at the LSC-University Park Library in northwest Harris County. The campus immediately issued an LSC Alert with the unusually direct phrasing: 'EVACUATE UP Buildings 12 and 13 immediately. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.' [Harris County Sheriff's Office K-9 units and Lone Star College Police](https://hoodline.com/2025/09/bomb-threat-leads-to-evacuation-of-lone-star-college-university-park-campus-no-device-found/) entered the library and conducted a thorough sweep. By late morning, the [Harris County Bomb Squad cleared the library](https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/lone-star-university-park-bomb-threat-evacuation-classes-canceled/285-461a68c7-6d63-49ea-b7f4-0356c393759b) and confirmed no device was found. LSC canceled classes at both LSC-University Park and one other affected campus for the remainder of the day. The threat coincided almost exactly with a [bomb threat at Prairie View A&M University's John B. Coleman Library](https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/09/30/no-bomb-threat-found-after-evacuation-at-lone-star-college-university-park-in-nw-harris-county/) the same morning, both targeting libraries in the Houston area on the same day. The pattern fit a national September 30 wave of campus bomb threats that also struck [Towson, Morgan State, Delaware State, and the University of Delaware](https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/towson-morgan-state-bomb-threats-EHAPE5YMSBCANK4TWG253HR7E4/) on the same day. The targeting of community colleges (institutions that are typically underrepresented in campus alert archives) illustrates that swatting and bomb threat campaigns increasingly target the full spectrum of higher education, not just elite four-year universities.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The verbatim 'THIS IS NOT A DRILL' language matches Lone Star College's standard templated emergency alerts, reused across its campuses with only the location changed",
    "The September 30 morning featured simultaneous bomb threats at LSC-University Park and Prairie View A&M's Coleman Library, suggesting either coordinated activity or copycat behavior in the Houston metro area",
    "Community colleges remain under-documented in campus alert literature; this incident shows they face the same coordinated threat landscape as four-year institutions",
    "LSC's decision to cancel classes for the rest of the day after the all-clear illustrates a precautionary posture similar to PVAMU's"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UPDATE: Lone Star College University Park issues all-clear following bomb threat (KHOU)",
      "url": "https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/lone-star-college-university-park-alert-evacuation-order/285-e2e3b013-3e4b-45aa-956e-97aea7f67699",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bomb threats prompts evacuation at Prairie View University and Lone Star College University Park (Click2Houston)",
      "url": "https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/09/30/no-bomb-threat-found-after-evacuation-at-lone-star-college-university-park-in-nw-harris-county/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "BREAKING: Bomb Threat At LSC University Park (KTRH)",
      "url": "https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2025-09-30-breaking-bomb-threat-at-lsc-university-park/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bomb Threat Leads to Evacuation of Lone Star College University Park Campus, No Device Found (Hoodline)",
      "url": "https://hoodline.com/2025/09/bomb-threat-leads-to-evacuation-of-lone-star-college-university-park-campus-no-device-found/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Lone Star College cancels classes out of precaution at 2 campuses after bomb threat (KHOU)",
      "url": "https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/lone-star-university-park-bomb-threat-evacuation-classes-canceled/285-461a68c7-6d63-49ea-b7f4-0356c393759b",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "bomb-threat",
    "community-college",
    "texas",
    "houston",
    "library",
    "harris-county",
    "this-is-not-a-drill",
    "september-30-2025-bomb-threat-wave"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}