{
  "id": "2022-04-04-seminole-state-college-lockdown",
  "slug": "seminole-state-college-lockdown-2022-04-04",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Seminole State College of Florida",
    "shortName": "Seminole State",
    "state": "FL",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Seminole State Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-04-04",
    "type": "lockdown",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Report of a gun in a hoodie pocket prompts lockdown; subject found unarmed",
    "headlinePublic": "Report of a gun in a hoodie pocket prompts lockdown; subject found unarmed",
    "summary": "Seminole State College of Florida's Sanford/Lake Mary campus was placed on lockdown around 11 a.m. on Monday, April 4, 2022, after a student reported a suspicious person who appeared to have a gun in the pocket of a hoodie. [FOX 35 Orlando reported](https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/lockdown-lifted-at-seminole-state-college-sanford-lake-mary-campus) deputies located the subject, who was not armed. [WFTV reported](https://www.wftv.com/news/local/seminole-state-college-locked-down-due-police-activity/KIV6JAESMVHJXHUAPYKVGUDQZU/) the lockdown was lifted at 12:53 p.m. EDT.",
    "outcome": "Seminole County deputies and Lake Mary and Sanford police searched the campus and located the subject, who was not armed. The lockdown was lifted at 12:53 p.m. with no threat found.",
    "resolution": "unfounded"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Approximately 11:10 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 4, 2022",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Law enforcement has instructed us to lock down the Sanford/Lake Mary Campus due to police activity. If you are on campus, go to the nearest room and shelter in place.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/04/04/police-activity-prompts-lockdown-at-seminole-state-college-sanfordlake-mary-campus/",
      "sourceDescription": "Seminole State College official Twitter/X account (@SeminoleState) lockdown tweet, quoted verbatim by ClickOrlando, FOX 35 Orlando, and WFTV in their April 4, 2022 coverage",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from the @SeminoleState Twitter account, quoted by ClickOrlando, FOX 35 Orlando, and WFTV on April 4, 2022",
        "The trigger was a single student's visual report of an apparent gun in a hoodie pocket, no weapon was ultimately found, and the incident resolved as unfounded",
        "A Seminole County Sheriff's Office school resource deputy received the report at about 11:09 a.m. EDT, illustrating how a campus-based deputy can initiate a college-wide lockdown"
      ],
      "characterCount": 166
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2022-04-04T12:53:00-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Law enforcement has ended the lock down on the Sanford/Lake Mary Campus. It is safe to move about campus and resume normal activities.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/lockdown-lifted-at-seminole-state-college-sanford-lake-mary-campus",
      "sourceDescription": "Seminole State College official Twitter/X account all-clear tweet at 12:53 p.m. EDT, quoted verbatim by FOX 35 Orlando and WFTV",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from the @SeminoleState Twitter account, quoted by FOX 35 Orlando and WFTV; lockdown lifted at 12:53 p.m. EDT",
        "Both tweets use 'lock down' as two words, consistent phrasing across the initial alert and the all-clear",
        "'Move about campus and resume normal activities' is the standard Seminole State all-clear formula, parallel to the initial 'go to the nearest room and shelter in place'"
      ],
      "characterCount": 134
    }
  ],
  "context": "Seminole State College of Florida is a state college north of Orlando with multiple campuses, including Sanford/Lake Mary, and uses the [Seminole State Alert](https://www.seminolestate.edu/alert) notification system. On April 4, 2022, at about 11:09 a.m. EDT, a student reported to a Seminole County Sheriff's Office school resource deputy that they had seen a person with what looked like a gun in the pocket of a hoodie, according to [ClickOrlando](https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/04/04/police-activity-prompts-lockdown-at-seminole-state-college-sanfordlake-mary-campus/). The campus was immediately locked down while deputies and Lake Mary and Sanford police searched. [FOX 35 Orlando reported](https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/lockdown-lifted-at-seminole-state-college-sanford-lake-mary-campus) the subject was located and found not to be armed, and [WFTV reported](https://www.wftv.com/news/local/seminole-state-college-locked-down-due-police-activity/KIV6JAESMVHJXHUAPYKVGUDQZU/) the lockdown was lifted at 12:53 p.m. EDT after nearly two hours.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A single student's visual report of an apparent gun in a hoodie pocket locked down a state-college campus for nearly two hours",
    "A campus-based sheriff's school resource deputy received the report and triggered the lockdown",
    "No weapon was found; the incident resolved as unfounded, and both alert texts are confirmed verbatim as quoted in local-news coverage"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Lockdown lifted at Seminole State College Sanford/Lake Mary campus - FOX 35 Orlando",
      "url": "https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/lockdown-lifted-at-seminole-state-college-sanford-lake-mary-campus",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Lockdown lifted at Seminole State College Sanford/Lake Mary campus after report of suspicious person - WFTV",
      "url": "https://www.wftv.com/news/local/seminole-state-college-locked-down-due-police-activity/KIV6JAESMVHJXHUAPYKVGUDQZU/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Police activity prompts lockdown at Seminole State College Sanford/Lake Mary campus - ClickOrlando",
      "url": "https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/04/04/police-activity-prompts-lockdown-at-seminole-state-college-sanfordlake-mary-campus/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Seminole State Alert - Seminole State College of Florida",
      "url": "https://www.seminolestate.edu/alert",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "lockdown",
    "emergency-notification",
    "florida",
    "community-college",
    "unfounded",
    "weapon-report"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-28",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}