Overview

• Authorities issued an all‑clear early Friday after security sweeps found no active shooter, though public visitation to the campus was closed for the day.
• During a building sweep, a midshipman struck a responding officer with a parade rifle after rumors falsely warned a shooter could be disguised as law enforcement, and the officer shot the midshipman in the arm.
• Both the midshipman and the officer were transported for care by Maryland State Police medevac and were reported stable, according to officials and local reports.
• Investigators traced the anonymous threat to a device belonging to a former midshipman at his parents’ home in the Midwest, and federal, state, and local agencies are reviewing the source of the hoax and the response.
• The incident centered on Bancroft Hall, the academy’s massive dormitory, and unfolded during a week of widely circulated false campus threats that amplified confusion and fear.