{
  "id": "2025-02-19-tallahassee-state-college-drive-by-shooting",
  "slug": "tallahassee-state-college-drive-by-shooting-2025-02-19",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Tallahassee State College",
    "shortName": "TSC",
    "state": "FL",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "TSC Alert",
    "enrollment": 12000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-02-19",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Drive-by shots fired toward a campus building; no injuries and an all-clear in 90 minutes",
    "headlinePublic": "Drive-by shots fired toward a campus building; no injuries and an all-clear in 90 minutes",
    "summary": "On the morning of February 19, 2025, [shots were fired toward the History and Social Sciences (HSS) building](https://www.wtxl.com/southwest-tallahassee/tpd-shots-fired-near-tallahassee-state-college-no-injuries-reported) at Tallahassee State College, just after 10 a.m. A witness told police the shooter fled in a red vehicle down West Pensacola Street. The campus was not placed on full lockdown, but TSC sent an alert telling everyone to avoid the area, and [issued an all-clear about 90 minutes later](https://www.wctv.tv/2025/02/19/tallahassee-state-college-police-investigating-reported-shooting-alert-sent-out-students-staff/). No one was injured."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Morning, shortly after 10:00 AM EST on February 19, 2025",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from WTXL and WCTV reporting on the alert sent to students and staff",
      "annotations": []
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "About 90 minutes later, around 11:30 AM EST on February 19, 2025",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "ALL CLEAR: The situation near Pensacola Street has been resolved. There is no longer a threat to the campus.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wctv.tv/2025/02/19/tallahassee-state-college-police-investigating-reported-shooting-alert-sent-out-students-staff/",
      "sourceDescription": "WCTV reporting reproducing the TSC X (Twitter) all-clear post verbatim: 'ALL CLEAR: The situation near Pensacola Street has been resolved. There is no longer a threat to the campus.'",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim text confirmed from the TSC official X (Twitter) post as quoted by WCTV on February 19, 2025",
        "No one was injured and no property was damaged; TSC Police asked the public for tips on a red vehicle seen fleeing.",
        "The all-clear was posted to TSC's X account approximately 90 minutes after the initial alert"
      ],
      "characterCount": 108
    }
  ],
  "context": "Tallahassee State College (the institution formerly known as Tallahassee Community College) borders West Pensacola Street near downtown Tallahassee. On February 19, 2025, just after 10 a.m. EST, [WTXL reported](https://www.wtxl.com/southwest-tallahassee/tpd-shots-fired-near-tallahassee-state-college-no-injuries-reported) that someone fired shots toward the campus's History and Social Sciences (HSS) building before fleeing in a red vehicle down West Pensacola Street. [WCTV reported](https://www.wctv.tv/2025/02/19/tallahassee-state-college-police-investigating-reported-shooting-alert-sent-out-students-staff/) that TSC sent an alert to students, faculty, and staff to avoid the area rather than ordering a full lockdown, and announced the area was safe about 90 minutes later. No one was injured and no property was damaged. The incident came just two months before the deadly April 2025 Florida State University shooting elsewhere in Tallahassee, and it illustrates how a commuter college calibrates a measured alert for a drive-by that originates on an adjacent public road.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Shots were fired toward the HSS building just after 10 a.m. EST on February 19, 2025; the shooter fled in a red vehicle",
    "TSC issued an avoid-the-area alert rather than a full lockdown, then an all-clear about 90 minutes later",
    "No injuries or property damage; TSC Police sought tips on the suspect vehicle"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "TPD: Shots fired near Tallahassee State College, Campus Police release picture of suspect's car - WTXL",
      "url": "https://www.wtxl.com/southwest-tallahassee/tpd-shots-fired-near-tallahassee-state-college-no-injuries-reported",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Tallahassee State College issues 'all clear' after drive-by shooting near campus - WCTV",
      "url": "https://www.wctv.tv/2025/02/19/tallahassee-state-college-police-investigating-reported-shooting-alert-sent-out-students-staff/",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "shooting",
    "drive-by",
    "community-college",
    "florida",
    "avoid-the-area",
    "emergency-notification"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-29",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-05-29",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}