{
  "id": "2024-09-30-skagit-valley-college-mount-vernon-shots-fired-lockdown",
  "slug": "skagit-valley-college-mount-vernon-shots-fired-lockdown-2024-09-30",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Skagit Valley College",
    "shortName": "SVC",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "SVC Alert / Emergency Communications",
    "enrollment": 8000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-09-30",
    "type": "armed-person",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Lockdown after shots fired near Mount Vernon campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Lockdown after shots fired near Mount Vernon campus",
    "summary": "On September 30, 2024, [Skagit Valley College placed its Mount Vernon campus on lockdown after shots were fired near the college](https://www.skagit.edu/security-services/emergency-communications.html). Official Emergency Communications posts documented the initial lockdown, stay-in-place updates, and an all-clear after law enforcement reported the threat had left the area near the 2500 block of E College Way.",
    "outcome": "Lockdown lifted the same afternoon with an ALL CLEAR. Law enforcement continued an active investigation of a shooting incident near E College Way; classes and activities resumed.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-09-30T12:49:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Mount Vernon Campus on lockdown due to shots fired near the vicinity of the college. More information to come",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.skagit.edu/security-services/emergency-communications.html",
      "sourceDescription": "SVC Emergency Communications — Sep. 30, 2024 12:49 p.m. lockdown",
      "characterCount": 109,
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim text transcribed from the official SVC or university page cited in sourceUrl."
      ]
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2024-09-30T13:02:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Please remain in lockdown at Mount Vernon campus. We're working closely with local authorities to provide any updates.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.skagit.edu/security-services/emergency-communications.html",
      "sourceDescription": "SVC Emergency Communications — Sep. 30, 2024 1:02 p.m. update",
      "characterCount": 118,
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim text transcribed from the official SVC or university page cited in sourceUrl."
      ]
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2024-09-30T13:13:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Everyone must remain in lockdown in all buildings on Mount Vernon campus. You'll receive an ALL CLEAR message once lifted. It is not safe; stay in lockdown.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.skagit.edu/security-services/emergency-communications.html",
      "sourceDescription": "SVC Emergency Communications — Sep. 30, 2024 1:13 p.m. update",
      "characterCount": 156,
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim text transcribed from the official SVC or university page cited in sourceUrl."
      ]
    },
    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2024-09-30T13:37:00-07:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "The lockdown is now lifted and there is an ALL CLEAR. There was a shooting incident at approximately the 2500 block of E College Way. It is currently still an active police investigation with law enforcement so avoid the area. Law enforcement has shared that the threat has left the area. Avoid going east on College Way. Traffic is blocked on E College Way near N. 26th by the Skagit County Department of Emergency Management/911 Center. All classes and activities will resume as normal.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.skagit.edu/security-services/emergency-communications.html",
      "sourceDescription": "SVC Emergency Communications — Sep. 30, 2024 1:37 p.m. all clear",
      "characterCount": 488,
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim text transcribed from the official SVC or university page cited in sourceUrl."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "context": "On September 30, 2024, [Skagit Valley College placed its Mount Vernon campus on lockdown after shots were fired near the college](https://www.skagit.edu/security-services/emergency-communications.html). Official Emergency Communications posts documented the initial lockdown, stay-in-place updates, and an all-clear after law enforcement reported the threat had left the area near the 2500 block of E College Way.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Full English text recovered from the official SVC Emergency Communications page.",
    "Spanish parallel versions exist on the same page and were not transcribed as separate alerts."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Emergency Communications (Skagit Valley College Security Services)",
      "url": "https://www.skagit.edu/security-services/emergency-communications.html",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "skagit-valley-college",
    "lockdown",
    "shots-fired",
    "community-college"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-27",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-27",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}