{
  "id": "2024-02-19-tidewater-community-college-norfolk-lockdown",
  "slug": "tidewater-community-college-norfolk-lockdown-2024-02-19",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Tidewater Community College",
    "shortName": "TCC",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "TCC Alerts"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-02-19",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Downtown drive-by shooting prompts campus shelter-in-place until police all-clear",
    "headlinePublic": "Downtown drive-by shooting prompts campus shelter-in-place until police all-clear",
    "summary": "On Monday, February 19, 2024, Tidewater Community College's Norfolk campus in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, was [placed on lockdown with faculty, staff and students instructed to shelter in place](https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/tcc-temporarily-in-lockdown-monday-police-give-all-clear/) after a [drive-by shooting in downtown Norfolk](https://www.tcc.edu/in_the_news/drive-by-shooting-in-downtown-norfolk-causes-lockdown-at-tidewater-community-college/). Norfolk police gave the all-clear just before 1:30 p.m. EST while officers continued to patrol the area. TCC's urban Norfolk campus has a history of lockdowns driven by nearby downtown incidents."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "push-notification",
      "timestampApprox": "Around midday, February 19, 2024, before the 1:30 p.m. EST all-clear",
      "verbatimText": "#TCCALERT: The Norfolk Campus is currently on lockdown. Faculty, staff, and students on campus, shelter in place. No one should come to the campus at this time.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/tcc-temporarily-in-lockdown-monday-police-give-all-clear/",
      "sourceDescription": "WAVY News quoting the @TCCva TCC Alert push notification verbatim",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim text as quoted by WAVY News from the TCC Alert (@TCCva) push notification issued on February 19, 2024 when the Norfolk campus was placed on lockdown following a nearby drive-by shooting in downtown Norfolk",
        "TCC uses the #TCCALERT hashtag prefix in its official push-notification and social media alerts",
        "Norfolk police gave the all-clear just before 1:30 p.m. EST, approximately one hour after the lockdown began"
      ],
      "characterCount": 160
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "channel": "push-notification",
      "timestampApprox": "Just before 1:30 PM EST on February 19, 2024",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from WAVY reporting that Norfolk police gave the all-clear just before 1:30 p.m. while continuing to patrol",
      "annotations": []
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Police give all-clear after lockdown at TCC Norfolk campus - WAVY",
      "url": "https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/tcc-temporarily-in-lockdown-monday-police-give-all-clear/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Drive-by shooting in downtown Norfolk causes lockdown at Tidewater Community College - TCC.edu",
      "url": "https://www.tcc.edu/in_the_news/drive-by-shooting-in-downtown-norfolk-causes-lockdown-at-tidewater-community-college/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Closings and Emergencies - Tidewater Community College",
      "url": "https://www.tcc.edu/about-tcc/safety-security/emergency-preparedness/closings-emergencies/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Emergency Preparedness - Tidewater Community College",
      "url": "https://www.tcc.edu/about-tcc/safety-security/emergency-preparedness/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Tidewater Community College's Norfolk campus sits in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, where campus-area risk extends into the surrounding city blocks. On Monday, February 19, 2024, the campus was [placed on lockdown with a shelter-in-place order](https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/tcc-temporarily-in-lockdown-monday-police-give-all-clear/), and Norfolk police gave the all-clear just before 1:30 p.m. EST while continuing to patrol the area. TCC communicates such events through its [TCC Alerts service and closings-and-emergencies channels](https://www.tcc.edu/about-tcc/safety-security/emergency-preparedness/closings-emergencies/). The college's own news page attributes the lockdown to a [drive-by shooting in downtown Norfolk](https://www.tcc.edu/in_the_news/drive-by-shooting-in-downtown-norfolk-causes-lockdown-at-tidewater-community-college/) near the campus. The downtown Norfolk campus has been locked down before in connection with nearby incidents, illustrating the recurring Clery challenge for urban community colleges whose buildings border city streets.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "lockdown",
    "virginia",
    "community-college",
    "shelter-in-place",
    "norfolk",
    "urban-campus"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-29",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}