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A Downtown Drive-By Sheltered Tidewater's Norfolk Campus Until Police Called the All-Clear

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On Monday, February 19, 2024, Tidewater Community College's Norfolk campus in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, was placed on lockdown with faculty, staff and students instructed to shelter in place after a drive-by shooting in downtown Norfolk. Norfolk police gave the all-clear just before 1:30 p.m. while officers continued to patrol the area. TCC's urban Norfolk campus has a history of lockdowns driven by nearby downtown incidents.

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Tidewater Community College
Community College · VA
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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 ALERTPush
Verified verbatimWAVY News quoting the @TCCva TCC Alert push notification verbatim160 chars
#TCCALERT: The Norfolk Campus is currently on lockdown. Faculty, staff, and students on campus, shelter in place. No one should come to the campus at this time.
Verbatim text as quoted by WAVY News from the TCC Alert (@TCCva) push notification issued on February 19, 2024 when the Norfolk campus was placed on lockdown following a nearby drive-by shooting in downtown Norfolk
TCC uses the #TCCALERT hashtag prefix in its official push-notification and social media alerts
Norfolk police gave the all-clear just before 1:30 p.m. EST, approximately one hour after the lockdown began
ALL CLEARPush
Approximate reconstruction149 chars
TCC ALERT: Norfolk police have given the all-clear for the Norfolk Campus. The shelter-in-place is lifted. Officers will continue to patrol the area.

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

Norfolk police gave the all-clear just before 1:30 p.m. EST on February 19, 2024; the timestamp here reflects that reported time.
Coverage noted officers continued to patrol the area after the all-clear, a detail preserved in this reconstruction.
Context

Background

Tidewater Community College's Norfolk campus sits in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, where campus-area risk extends into the surrounding city blocks. On Monday, February 19, 2024, the campus was placed on lockdown with a shelter-in-place order, and Norfolk police gave the all-clear just before 1:30 p.m. EST while continuing to patrol the area. TCC communicates such events through its TCC Alerts service and closings-and-emergencies channels. The college's own news page attributes the lockdown to a drive-by shooting in downtown Norfolk near the campus. The downtown Norfolk campus has been locked down before in connection with nearby incidents, illustrating the recurring Clery challenge for urban community colleges whose buildings border city streets.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    Police give all-clear after lockdown at TCC Norfolk campus - WAVY
    wavy.com
  2. Official
    Drive-by shooting in downtown Norfolk causes lockdown at Tidewater Community College - TCC.edu
    tcc.edu
  3. Official
    Closings and Emergencies - Tidewater Community College
    tcc.edu
  4. Official
    Emergency Preparedness - Tidewater Community College
    tcc.edu
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lockdownvirginiacommunity-collegeshelter-in-placenorfolkurban-campus
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion