{"id":52858,"date":"2025-08-25T00:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=52858"},"modified":"2025-08-25T00:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:44:10","slug":"just-in-active-shooter-report-at-university-of-south-carolina-prompts-shelter-in-place-order-potentially-false-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=52858","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Active Shooter Report at University of South Carolina Prompts Shelter in Place Order \u2013 Potentially False Alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4337-1200x630.jpeg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-facebook wp-image-1442771\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/img_4337-1200x630.jpeg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>An active shooter was reported at the University of South Carolina\u2019s Columbia campus.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A shelter-in-place alert was issued campus-wide at approximately 6:45 pm ET.<\/p>\n<p>The university\u2019s emergency notification account posted at 6:47 pm that the alleged shooter was spoted at the library.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-inline-1\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postinline-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Urgent Carolina Alert: Active Shooter at Thomas Cooper Library on Columbia campus. Subject reported as 6ft white male with black pants. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/veWauKEwzq\">https:\/\/t.co\/veWauKEwzq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carolina Alert (@CarolinaAlert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarolinaAlert\/status\/1959749529873395945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHowever, the school later said there is \u201cno evidence[ce] of an active shooter\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Urgent Carolina Alert: No evident of an Active Shooter at this time. Police are searching. Please continue to shelter in place until there is an all clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carolina Alert (@CarolinaAlert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarolinaAlert\/status\/1959755127226609697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many on social media are now calling the incident a hoax.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if anybody was injured or killed at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/active-shooter-reported-university-south-carolina-what-we-know-2118588\">Newsweek<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The University of South Carolina (USC) issued campus-wide alerts at approximately 6:45 p.m. EDT on Sunday, reporting an active shooter at the Thomas Cooper Library on the Columbia campus. The suspect is described as a 6-foot-tall white male wearing black pants, with authorities stating he is \u201cstill in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Multiple police departments are responding to the incident, with USC Police Department and other law enforcement agencies on the scene. The university\u2019s Carolina Alert system has issued multiple warnings instructing students, faculty, and staff to avoid the Thomas Cooper Library area.<\/p>\n<p>The Carolina Alert system has issued specific safety instructions: \u201cEvacuate the area or seek safe shelter and barricade yourself in a safe area as necessary until further notice. Defend yourself if you encounter the suspect. Obey public safety officials\u2019 commands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The alert system notes that it \u201cdoes not confirm whether a shooting has happened,\u201d but urges comprehensive safety precautions including shelter-in-place protocols. The university has directed community members to monitor www.sc.edu\/CarolinaAlert and local media for updates.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-above-comments\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postbelow-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2025\/08\/just-active-shooter-report-university-south-carolina-prompts\/\">JUST IN: Active Shooter Report at University of South Carolina Prompts Shelter in Place Order \u2013 Potentially False Alarm<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An active shooter was reported at the University of South Carolina\u2019s Columbia campus.\u00a0 A shelter-in-place alert was issued<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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