Overview
- Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said a caller threatened to "shoot up the campus with an AK-47."
- Daytona Beach police and the FBI launched an investigation and began campus sweeps.
- University alerts warned of a possible active threat in the Student Union and instructed students to run, hide, fight.
- Authorities reported no active shooter, and no gunfire or injuries had been reported.
- Students sheltered in place under lockdown as investigators worked to assess the threat’s credibility and origin.