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Three MGCCC Campuses Evacuated in Mississippi Statewide Bomb-Threat Wave

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Confirmed HoaxDetermined to be a hoax. The institutional response is documented because it reveals how the alert system performed under a perceived real threat.

On July 28, 2022, three Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College campuses received bomb threats as part of a statewide wave hitting multiple Mississippi colleges and universities: the Bryant Center at Tradition in Biloxi, the Jackson County Campus in Gautier, and the Perkinston Campus. All three campuses were evacuated, swept by law enforcement including a Biloxi Bomb Squad and an explosive-detection K-9, and given all-clear by afternoon. The FBI took charge of the investigation, and no bombs were found at any location.

Alerts
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Institution
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Community College · MS
~11,000 students
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence

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 ALERTUnknown
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MGCCC Alert: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has received a bomb threat at multiple campuses. All students, faculty, and staff at the Bryant Center at Tradition, Jackson County Campus, and Perkinston Campus must evacuate immediately. Do not return until law enforcement gives the all-clear.

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

Reconstructed: MGCCC's official alert archive is 403-blocked; this paraphrases the documented evacuation of three campuses on July 28, 2022: Bryant Center at Tradition (Biloxi), Jackson County Campus (Gautier), and Perkinston Campus.
The Biloxi Bomb Squad and an explosive-detection K-9 from Singing River Health responded to sweep the campuses.
ALL CLEARUnknown
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MGCCC Alert: All clear. Law enforcement has cleared all three campuses -- Bryant Center at Tradition, Jackson County Campus, and Perkinston Campus. No explosive devices were found. Normal operations may resume.

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

Reconstructed all-clear: WDAM and WLOX confirmed all campuses received all-clear by afternoon, consistent with the broader pattern of quick clearances across the Mississippi statewide wave.
The FBI took charge of the investigation into the series of threats that also targeted the University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi State University, and others the same day.
Context

Background

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College serves approximately 11,000 students across several campuses along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, including the Harrison County campus system and the Jackson County Campus in Gautier. On July 28, 2022, three MGCCC campuses received bomb threats as part of a statewide wave of threats that also targeted the University of Southern Mississippi and Mississippi State University on the same day. The threats came a day after similar threats struck Alabama colleges. Law enforcement including the Biloxi Bomb Squad and an explosive-detection K-9 unit from Singing River Health swept the three campuses: the Bryant Center at Tradition in Biloxi, the Jackson County Campus in Gautier, and the Perkinston Campus. The FBI was put in charge of the investigation, and all campuses received all-clear by afternoon with no devices found. The 2022 July-wave of bomb threats was a coordinated national campaign that struck institutions in multiple states during the same week, with MGCCC being among the community college systems caught in the dragnet alongside flagship universities -- illustrating that two-year institutions in the Gulf South are no less exposed to coordinated national threat campaigns than their four-year counterparts.
Analysis

Key Findings

Three MGCCC campuses received simultaneous bomb threats as part of a statewide wave that also hit USM and Mississippi State on the same day
The wave followed similar threats in Alabama the day before, confirming a coordinated multi-state national campaign
The FBI led the investigation, reflecting the federal law-enforcement response triggered by the coordinated multi-state nature of the threats
A community college system serving 11,000 students on the Gulf Coast required deployment of a municipal bomb squad and K-9 resources from a regional health system, illustrating the cross-institutional resource burden of coordinated hoax campaigns
Outcome
No explosive devices found at any of the three campuses. All campuses received all-clear by afternoon July 28, 2022. FBI led the investigation. The threats were part of a multi-state wave hitting Alabama the day before and Mississippi on July 28.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    USM joins the list of Mississippi schools receiving bomb threats Thursday - WLBT
    wlbt.com
  2. News
    Bomb threats cleared at six Mississippi university, college, community college campuses - WLOX
    wlox.com
  3. Student Paper
    Mississippi, Alabama Colleges Receive Bomb Threats - Inside Higher Ed
    insidehighered.com
Tags
bomb-threatcommunity-collegemississippigulf-coastcoordinated-threat-wavefbimulti-campushoaxHoax
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion