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Durham Tech
Bomb threat brought a shelter-in-place, then a campus-wide evacuation; no device found
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedOn Thursday, June 30, 2022, Durham Technical Community College received a bomb threat against its main campus on Lawson Street in Durham, North Carolina. The college first told everyone to shelter in place around 11 a.m. EDT, then ordered an immediate campus-wide evacuation about an hour later. Durham police searched the campus, found no device, and the college closed for the rest of the day. The threat was one of several aimed at North Carolina community colleges that day.
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We are evacuating our Main Campus on Lawson Street due to a bomb threat that was reported to Durham Police this morning. Durham Police are currently conducting a sweep of each building. Main Campus will be closed for the remainder of the day. Lawson Street between Briggs Avenue and Bacon Street has been temporarily closed.
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Durham Tech evacuation post, reproduced verbatim by ABC11 and WRAL (also quoted by The News & Observer)abc11.comfind archived copiesVerbatim evacuation message recovered from Durham Tech's public statement, quoted identically by ABC11 and WRAL on June 30, 2022; it replaced the earlier shelter-in-place instruction.
The escalation from shelter-in-place to evacuation came as Durham Police began sweeping each building on the main campus.
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No suspicious items were found during thorough search of campus
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Durham Tech all-clear tweet, quoted by ABC11 and CBS17abc11.comfind archived copiesVerbatim all-clear text recovered from Durham Tech's tweet around 2:40 p.m. EDT on June 30, 2022, as quoted by ABC11 and CBS17; the missing article ('during thorough search') is preserved from the original post.
Durham police investigated and found no explosive device; President J.B. Buxton issued a public statement on the threat the same day, and the college closed for the rest of the day on June 30, 2022.
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Durham Technical Community College's main campus sits on Lawson Street in Durham, North Carolina. On Thursday, June 30, 2022, the college received a bomb threat and posted an emergency alert around 11 a.m. EDT telling everyone to shelter in place; buildings 6 and 10 were evacuated first, and a second alert around noon ordered the whole campus to exit immediately. Durham police searched the campus and found no explosive device, and President J.B. Buxton issued a public statement on the threat. The threat was not isolated: Johnston, Martin, and Vance-Granville community colleges received threats the same day, part of a broader 2022 wave of bomb threats against North Carolina campuses.
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Campus Alert Archive. "Durham Technical Community College: Bomb threat brought a shelter-in-place, then a campus-wide evacuation; no device found." Incident of June 30, 2022. Added May 2026; last updated July 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/durham-technical-community-college-bomb-threat-2022-06-30/
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Added May 2026Updated July 2026Via ingestion