{
  "id": "2021-06-28-university-of-virgin-islands-st-croix-shooting-threat",
  "slug": "university-of-virgin-islands-st-croix-shooting-threat-2021-06-28",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of the Virgin Islands, Albert A. Sheen Campus",
    "shortName": "UVI-STX",
    "state": "VI",
    "type": "territory",
    "alertSystemName": "UVI Emergency Notification",
    "enrollment": 500
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-06-28",
    "type": "threat-of-violence",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-hoax",
    "headline": "Phoned threat to 'shoot up the place' prompts shelter-in-place; determined unfounded",
    "headlinePublic": "Phoned threat to 'shoot up the place' prompts shelter-in-place; determined unfounded",
    "summary": "On the morning of June 28, 2021, an [unidentified male caller phoned the UVI library information desk](https://patch.com/us-territories/virgin-islands/uvi-st-croix-campus-closes-due-mass-shooting-threat) on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix and stated that someone was coming to 'shoot up the place.' The entire campus was placed under a shelter-in-place order at approximately 9:30 a.m. AST, and the [Virgin Islands Police Department investigated and issued an all-clear at 10:30 a.m. AST](https://viconsortium.com/vi-community_center/virgin-islands-urgent-lockdown-at-st--croix-educational-complex-following-gun-threat-call). The threat was determined to be unfounded after a search of the campus found no armed individual."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2021-06-28T09:30:00-04:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from VI Consortium and Patch reporting describing the shelter-in-place advisory sent at approximately 9:30 a.m. on June 28, 2021",
      "annotations": []
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2021-06-28T10:30:00-04:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "UVI Students and Employees are advised that an 'All Clear' has been announced on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix. The VI Police Department has looked into the threat and will continue to investigate. UVI's security has increased and will include additional surveillance.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://viconsortium.com/vi-community_center/virgin-islands-urgent-lockdown-at-st--croix-educational-complex-following-gun-threat-call",
      "sourceDescription": "VI Consortium: all-clear email text quoted directly in article",
      "annotations": [
        "The all-clear message is verbatim from the VI Consortium report, which quoted the email sent to students and staff at 10:30 a.m. AST, exactly one hour after the initial shelter-in-place.",
        "The note that 'UVI security has increased and will include additional surveillance' describes the university's stated post-threat security posture.",
        "The promise that VIPD 'will continue to investigate' reflects that the anonymous caller was not identified at the time of the all-clear."
      ],
      "characterCount": 278
    }
  ],
  "context": "The University of the Virgin Islands Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix, [named for USVI civil rights pioneer Albert A. Sheen](https://hbcumoneyguide.com/hbcus/uvi-albert-a-sheen-campus-st-croix/), is the smaller of UVI's two main campuses, with approximately 500 students. It sits on the island's eastern end at Kingshill. On the morning of June 28, 2021, a male caller contacted the campus library's information desk and told staff that someone planned to 'shoot up' the campus. The university immediately activated a shelter-in-place protocol, emailing the entire community at approximately 9:30 a.m. AST. The [Virgin Islands Police Department responded and swept the campus](https://patch.com/us-territories/virgin-islands/uvi-st-croix-campus-closes-due-mass-shooting-threat), finding no credible threat. An all-clear email was issued at 10:30 a.m. AST, one hour after the shelter-in-place began. The threat remained officially [under investigation by VIPD](https://viconsortium.com/vi-community_center/virgin-islands-urgent-lockdown-at-st--croix-educational-complex-following-gun-threat-call) with the caller unidentified. The incident is one of several anonymous phone-in threats documented at campuses in the US territories.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The threat was phoned to the library information desk rather than to campus security, highlighting publicly-accessible campus phone lines as a threat vector",
    "The shelter-in-place lasted approximately one hour (9:30 to 10:30 a.m. AST), with the Virgin Islands Police Department responding directly to the campus",
    "The all-clear email is quoted verbatim in VI Consortium reporting; it is one of the few UVI emergency messages with confirmed exact text",
    "The US Virgin Islands observes Atlantic Standard Time year-round (UTC-4), with no daylight saving time adjustment"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UVI St. Croix Campus Closes Due To Mass Shooting Threat | Patch",
      "url": "https://patch.com/us-territories/virgin-islands/uvi-st-croix-campus-closes-due-mass-shooting-threat",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Urgent Lockdown at St. Croix Educational Complex Following Gun Threat Call | VI Consortium",
      "url": "https://viconsortium.com/vi-community_center/virgin-islands-urgent-lockdown-at-st--croix-educational-complex-following-gun-threat-call",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "UVI Albert A. Sheen Campus St. Croix | HBCU Money Guide",
      "url": "https://hbcumoneyguide.com/hbcus/uvi-albert-a-sheen-campus-st-croix/",
      "type": "other"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "threat-of-violence",
    "shelter-in-place",
    "all-clear",
    "virgin-islands",
    "st-croix",
    "hbcu",
    "territory",
    "anonymous-threat",
    "library",
    "uvi",
    "confirmed-hoax"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-31",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}