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Shots Fired at Abacoa Golf Club Trigger a 22-Minute Run-Hide-Fight Active-Threat Alert at FAU's Jupiter Campus

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Confirmed Threat

At approximately 6:47 PM EDT on May 27, 2025, Florida Atlantic University issued an FAU Alert active-threat notification for its John D. MacArthur Jupiter campus after a man fired six to ten shots from a residential patio on Barbados Drive toward four golfers playing the third hole at the Abacoa Golf Club, which abuts the campus. At 7:09 PM EDT — 22 minutes later — FAU sent an all-clear after Jupiter Police confirmed the shooting had not occurred on campus property. The shooter, 27-year-old Daniel Anthony Nobile, was later arrested and booked on attempted-murder charges.

Alerts
2
Response
47 min
Killed
0
Injured
0
Institution
Florida Atlantic University
Public R1 · FL
~30,000 studentsFAU Alert
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTTwitter/X
Verified verbatimFlorida Atlantic University official X/Twitter account, quoting the FAU Alert verbatim192 chars
F.A.U. Alert: Jupiter: Message 1: Active threat reported. 05-27-2025. RUN, HIDE, FIGHT. Follow police Instructions. Those off campus should stay away until further notice. More info to follow.
The 6:47 PM EDT timestamp comes from the WPTV report of when the alert was sent, and the period stylization 'F.A.U.' (with periods between each letter) reflects FAU's house style for alerts
The phrase 'Message 1' indicates FAU's standard alert numbering — telegraphing that more messages will follow and creating a versioning system to combat misinformation
Use of 'RUN, HIDE, FIGHT' in all-caps is the standardized federal active-shooter response protocol; FAU pairs it with a deliberate restraint for off-campus people ('stay away until further notice') so the alert is actionable for the entire campus community regardless of physical location
ALL CLEARTwitter/X+22 min
Approximate reconstruction130 chars
F.A.U. Alert: Jupiter: All-clear. There are no threats on campus. Police activity did not occur on campus. Resume normal activity.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Reconstructed; the 7:09 PM EDT timestamp and substantive content ('no threats on campus, police activity did not occur there') are confirmed by University Press, but the exact wording of the all-clear was not published
The 22-minute initial-to-all-clear interval is notably fast for an active-threat alert — reflecting the speed with which Jupiter Police confirmed the shooting was a domestic-adjacent off-campus incident and not a campus active shooter
The all-clear explicitly notes 'police activity did not occur on campus' — an unusual but informative clarification that distinguishes the alert from a sustained on-campus response
Context

Background

The Florida Atlantic University John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter, Florida sits within the Abacoa master-planned community — a mixed-use development where the campus is physically interwoven with residential streets, the Roger Dean Stadium, and the Abacoa Golf Club. This proximity means that off-campus gun violence in Abacoa can plausibly threaten campus, triggering FAU Alert activations even when the incident itself is not on university property. On the evening of May 27, 2025, just after 6 PM EDT, 27-year-old Daniel Anthony Nobile fired six to ten shots from the back patio of a home on Barbados Drive toward four golfers playing the third hole at Abacoa Golf Club. No one was struck. At 6:47 PM EDT, FAU issued an FAU Alert active-threat notification using the federal Run-Hide-Fight protocol, with a calibrated instruction for off-campus community members to 'stay away until further notice.' At 7:09 PM EDT — just 22 minutes after the initial alert — FAU issued an all-clear, explicitly noting that police activity 'did not occur on campus.' Nobile was later booked into Palm Beach County Jail on attempted-murder charges. The incident is a case study in how university alert systems handle gunfire in adjacent mixed-use neighborhoods: FAU's decision to issue an active-threat alert (rather than a less-urgent advisory) reflected legitimate uncertainty about whether the shooter was moving toward campus, while the rapid all-clear demonstrates the value of a fast secondary message that explicitly clarifies the geographic scope of the threat once known.
Analysis

Key Findings

The FAU Alert initial-to-all-clear interval was just 22 minutes, demonstrating how quickly off-campus gunfire can be reclassified as a non-campus incident once law enforcement confirms the shooter's location
FAU's house style 'F.A.U.' (with periods between each letter) and 'Message 1' numbering convention are distinctive verbatim markers — the numbering creates a versioning system to combat misinformation in subsequent updates
The instruction 'Those off campus should stay away until further notice' is a calibrated addition to the standard RUN-HIDE-FIGHT language, useful in mixed-use campus environments where many community members live in adjacent neighborhoods
No injuries occurred; the suspect, Daniel Anthony Nobile, was charged with attempted murder for firing at four golfers from an Abacoa residence — a domestic-adjacent off-campus shooting that nonetheless triggered a campus-wide active-threat response
Outcome
No one was injured by the gunfire at the golf course. The active-threat alert was lifted 22 minutes after issuance. Daniel Anthony Nobile, 27, was arrested and booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on charges including attempted murder for firing at four unknown golfers from the back patio of a home on Barbados Drive. The FAU Jupiter campus did not experience any actual on-campus threat; the alert was issued because the gunfire originated immediately adjacent to campus boundaries.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Social
    Florida Atlantic University FAU Alert tweet (official)
    x.com
  2. Student Paper
    Active threat reported near FAU's Jupiter campus, quickly cleared (University Press)
    upressonline.com
  3. News
    Shots fired by Abacoa Golf Club triggers 'active threat' alert at FAU Jupiter campus (WPTV)
    wptv.com
  4. News
    Man accused of firing shots at three golfers near FAU Jupiter campus (CBS12)
    cbs12.com
  5. News
    Suspect accused of firing at 4 Jupiter golfers booked for attempted murder (CBS12)
    cbs12.com
  6. Official
    FAU Alert | Florida Atlantic University (official)
    fau.edu
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Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion