Authorities urged schools to be under lockdown at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on September 11, urging the school to be under lockdown.
Naval Assistance Activities Annapolis (NSAA) and local law enforcement agencies are responding to reports of suspicious activities on the Naval Academy premises around 5:07pm, providing school safety and other assistance, according to the NSAA. Previously, the NSAA said the base was blocked “from a wealth of caution.”
The NSAA said in its 9pm EST update that further investigations revealed “no active shooter threats,” but one person was injured while Navy security forces were clearing the building. The person was transported from the facility in a stable condition.
“We will provide updates when an update becomes available,” the NSAA said in a social media update.
The Naval Academy is a four-year university that trains medium hulls to become officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. With a total of 4,400 undergraduate students enrolled, the academy is located in downtown Annapolis, about 30 miles southeast of Baltimore.
Lockdown comes after reporting threats on US university campuses
The Naval Academy blockade follows multiple reports of threats on university campuses across the country, including historically black universities (HBCUs), which were locked down or closed on September 11th.
Alabama State University, Hampton University, Virginia State University, Southern University, A&M College, and Bethun Cookman University were locked up on the morning of September 11th, each citing potential threats posed to campus. Spellman College in Atlanta has invited students and faculty to avoid an increase in campus and security measures due to the threat to nearby Clark Atlanta University.
The lockdown and shelter orders have been lifted, but the school has increased security and cancelled classes for the rest of the day due to abundant attention.
Florida A&M University later announced plans to cancel in-person classes and its presidential convening due to threats to other HBCUs. FAMU is not under threat, but the university said, with a wealth of caution, will pause in-person classes on the evenings of September 11th and September 12th and will move to virtual learning.
“We are in solidarity with institutions currently under lockdown or threat, and will expand our support during this period,” the university said in a warning message.
Contributors: Mary Walrath Holdridge and N’Dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today; Tara Jean, Democrats of Tallahassee
