Overview
- Florida A&M University told people to shelter in place Thursday after reporting police activity near FAMU Villages and Bragg Stadium.
- The university lifted the alert minutes later with an all-clear that named Bragg Stadium, FAMU Villages, the Gaither complexes, and Rattler Pointe A, and told everyone to resume normal operations.
- Tallahassee police said they received calls about gunfire and a person with a visible weapon near Lake Bradford Road, but officers did not find anyone matching the description.
- A robotics tournament at FAMU’s Al Lawson Center was underway, and officials said swatting calls and event noise drove the false alarm before the venue and campus returned to normal.
- Less than two weeks earlier, a March 29 shooting near campus injured four adults without life-threatening wounds, and police reported no arrests, a backdrop that has kept students and staff on edge during safety alerts.