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After receiving ^credible threat, ’BC campus
undergoes lockdown, told to shelter in place
By Lauren Fowler, Florian Peyssonneaux and Jeni Welch
On Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 11:25 a.m. Brevard College students received
an emergency phone call and email through the Emergency Notification
System stating the following message: “BC Community, This is not a
drill. We have information that there is a credible threat to our campus.
Please shelter in place until further notice. Authorities have been notified
and our emergency response system has been activated. Please shelter in
place until further notice. All buildings are locked down. Please remain
inside and shelter in place until further notice. Repeat - This is not a drill.
End Notice.”
According to Chad Holt, the VP of Admissions and Financial Aid, a call
was received on the switchboard from the parent of a prospective Brevard
College student, who was visiting campus from Mountain Heritage High
School. In this call, which was answered by Sydney Folger in the office,
the parent warned of a rumor that there was going to be a shooter at
Brevard College campus that day.
“That’s all it takes, if there’s even a whisper,” Holt said. “There are
no rumors anymore—you have to treat everything as a credible threat.”
It has been speculated that the parent had heard rumors that may have
been spread onTwitter by students at Mountain Heritage High School,
but as of right now, no evidence has been found to support this.
Immediately after receiving the call, Folger contacted Campus Security
and alerted Chad Holt, who communicated with the Executive Leadership
Team, who then initiated a campus-wide lockdown.
The lockdown lasted for 1 hour and 33 minutes as the Brevard police
department investigated the third-party alert for a possible gun threat
See 'Lockdown,' page 3