{
  "id": "2024-04-15-north-carolina-am-t-barbee-hall-shooting",
  "slug": "north-carolina-am-t-barbee-hall-shooting-2024-04-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University",
    "shortName": "N.C. A&T",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "hbcu",
    "alertSystemName": "AggieAlert",
    "enrollment": 13885
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-04-15",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "suspects-detained",
    "headline": "Single shot fired through a residence hall wall; no injuries and two people detained",
    "headlinePublic": "Single shot fired through a residence hall wall; no injuries and two people detained",
    "summary": "Just after midnight on Monday, April 15, 2024, a [single shot was fired through an interior wall inside Barbee Hall](https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/aggiealert-gives-all-clear-after-reported-shots-fired-in-barbee-hall-no-one-hurt/), a freshman residence hall at North Carolina A&T State University. No injuries were reported. The [AggieAlert system issued three messages](https://ncatregister.com/22377/the-yard/n-c-at-student-charged-after-reports-of-shots-fired-inside-barbee-hall/) in roughly 40 minutes, ending with an all-clear. Two individuals, including one student, were detained and charged.",
    "outcome": "No injuries. Two suspects taken into custody and charged: student Nicholas Nasir McCall, 18, and Jaila Chancel Gibson, 19 (non-student). Both charged with felony possession of a weapon on educational property; Gibson additionally charged with felony firing a weapon into an occupied dwelling.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Just after midnight on Monday, April 15, 2024 (Eastern Time)",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "UPD is investigating shots fired inside of Barbee Hall. No injuries reported. UPD is on scene. Stay clear of the scene.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/aggiealert-gives-all-clear-after-reported-shots-fired-in-barbee-hall-no-one-hurt/",
      "sourceDescription": "FOX8 WGHP article quoting the AggieAlert text directly",
      "annotations": [
        "Sent just after midnight EDT on April 15, 2024 in response to a 911 call reporting gunfire inside Barbee Hall, a freshman dormitory on the N.C. A&T campus",
        "The 119-character message includes the building name, agency on scene, injury status, and an action instruction",
        "The initial alert reports 'No injuries' before the all-clear"
      ],
      "characterCount": 119
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "Approximately 20 minutes after the initial alert, around 12:20 AM EDT on April 15, 2024",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceUrl": "https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/aggiealert-gives-all-clear-after-reported-shots-fired-in-barbee-hall-no-one-hurt/",
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from FOX8 WGHP reporting (paraphrased: police still on scene, requesting tips at 336-334-7675); exact wording not published",
      "annotations": []
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "Approximately 12:40 AM EDT on April 15, 2024, about 40 minutes after the initial alert",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "ALL CLEAR!! UPD has cleared the scene at this time. If you have any additional information contact campus police at 336-334-7675.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/aggiealert-gives-all-clear-after-reported-shots-fired-in-barbee-hall-no-one-hurt/",
      "sourceDescription": "FOX8 WGHP article quoting the AggieAlert all-clear text directly",
      "annotations": [
        "The all-clear uses a double exclamation point ('ALL CLEAR!!'), which is uncommon in university emergency messaging",
        "The all-clear closes with a tip line (336-334-7675), the same number included in the second update",
        "By the time of the all-clear, both suspects had been detained inside Barbee Hall by N.C. A&T University Police Department officers"
      ],
      "characterCount": 129
    }
  ],
  "context": "Just after midnight on Monday, April 15, 2024, a [single shot was fired through an interior wall](https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/shots-fired-barbee-hall-ncat-residence-hall/83-dc773a17-e777-491d-8e25-d9eabfebb55c) inside Barbee Hall, a freshman residence hall on the [North Carolina A&T](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_A%26T_State_University) campus in Greensboro, North Carolina. The shooting allegedly stemmed from an argument between 18-year-old student Nicholas Nasir McCall and his 19-year-old girlfriend Jaila Chancel Gibson, who was not enrolled. The shot passed through a wall and into a room containing several other students, but [caused no injuries](https://abc11.com/post/shots-fired-residence-hall-north-carolina-at-university-no-injuries-reported/14667637/). N.C. A&T's AggieAlert system issued an initial alert just after midnight, a status-update follow-up roughly 20 minutes later, and an [all-clear approximately 40 minutes after the first alert](https://ncatregister.com/22377/the-yard/n-c-at-student-charged-after-reports-of-shots-fired-inside-barbee-hall/). Both McCall and Gibson were taken into custody and charged with felony possession of a weapon on educational property; Gibson additionally received the more serious charge of felony firing a weapon into an occupied dwelling, while McCall faced additional drug and fire-device charges. The incident occurred during a [string of campus-safety incidents across North Carolina HBCUs](https://abc11.com/post/nc-college-students-campus-safety-nccu-ncat-app-state-violence-statewide/14670120/) that spring, including separate incidents at NCCU and App State. N.C. A&T is the [largest HBCU in the United States by enrollment](https://www.ncat.edu/about/index.php), with roughly 13,900 students.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "AggieAlert sent three messages (initial, status update, all-clear) over about 40 minutes",
    "The 119-character initial alert includes the building name, agency on scene, injury status, and an action instruction in one SMS-length message",
    "A single bullet passed through an interior wall into a room with other students without causing injuries; Barbee Hall is a high-occupancy freshman residence",
    "The incident illustrates the firearm-on-educational-property charge as a key Clery and state-law mechanism for prosecuting dorm-room gun incidents that do not result in injury"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "2 charged after report of shot fired in Barbee Hall on NC A&T campus, university says (FOX8 WGHP)",
      "url": "https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/aggiealert-gives-all-clear-after-reported-shots-fired-in-barbee-hall-no-one-hurt/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "N.C. A&T Student Charged After Reports of Shots Fired Inside Barbee Hall (The A&T Register, student newspaper)",
      "url": "https://ncatregister.com/22377/the-yard/n-c-at-student-charged-after-reports-of-shots-fired-inside-barbee-hall/",
      "type": "student-newspaper"
    },
    {
      "title": "AggieAlert Emergency Notification Archive (N.C. A&T University Police Department)",
      "url": "https://police.ncat.edu/safety-and-security/aggie-alert.html",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "North Carolina A&T students react after shot fired inside dorm building (WFMY News2)",
      "url": "https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/shots-fired-barbee-hall-ncat-residence-hall/83-dc773a17-e777-491d-8e25-d9eabfebb55c",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Shots fired inside residence hall at NC A&T; two charged (WRAL)",
      "url": "https://www.wral.com/story/shots-fired-inside-residence-hall-at-nc-a-t-two-charged/21380570/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Shots fired inside residence hall at North Carolina A&T State University, no injuries reported (ABC11)",
      "url": "https://abc11.com/post/shots-fired-residence-hall-north-carolina-at-university-no-injuries-reported/14667637/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "NC A&T Student Detained After Shooting Inside Freshman Residence Hall (Black Enterprise)",
      "url": "https://www.blackenterprise.com/nc-at-student-detained/",
      "type": "national-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "shots-fired",
    "hbcu",
    "north-carolina",
    "greensboro",
    "residence-hall",
    "aggiealert",
    "no-injuries",
    "domestic-dispute",
    "verbatim-confirmed"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-14",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-05-29",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}