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Twenty Patrol Cars and an Evacuation: Aiken Tech's June 2022 Bomb Scare

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Around midday on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, Aiken Technical College in Graniteville, South Carolina, was evacuated due to a bomb threat, with a witness describing at least 20 patrol cars at the school. The campus was searched and found clear of any device. It was one of several bomb threats around the Central Savannah River Area that week, including one at York Technical College in Rock Hill the same day.

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Aiken Technical College
Technical College · SC
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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 ALERTPush
Approximate reconstruction162 chars
AIKEN TECH ALERT: A bomb threat has been received. Evacuate all buildings immediately and move away from campus. Do not re-enter until cleared by law enforcement.

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

WRDW reported students were being evacuated around midday EDT on June 29, 2022 due to a bomb threat, with a witness counting at least 20 patrol cars; the precise alert wording and time were not published, so this is reconstructed.
The college is located in Graniteville, in the Central Savannah River Area straddling South Carolina and Georgia.
ALL CLEARPush
Approximate reconstruction134 chars
AIKEN TECH ALERT: Law enforcement has searched the campus and found no device. The campus is clear. Updates on operations will follow.

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

The campus was eventually found clear of any device after the law-enforcement search; the all-clear time was not published, so only an approximate timeframe is given.
This message qualifies as an all-clear because it reports the search complete and the campus clear.
Context

Background

Aiken Technical College in Graniteville, South Carolina, serves the Central Savannah River Area near Aiken. Around midday on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, the campus was evacuated due to a bomb threat, drawing a heavy law-enforcement response that a witness described as at least 20 patrol cars. The campus was searched and found clear. The threat came during a stretch of bomb threats across the CSRA and the broader region in the final weeks of the school year, with nerves on edge after the May 2022 Uvalde, Texas, school shooting; York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina, was evacuated for a bomb threat the same day. The case illustrates how technical colleges in smaller communities mount full evacuations for phoned-in threats.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    Aiken Technical College evacuated due to bomb scare - WRDW
    wrdw.com
  2. Source
    South Carolina college campus evacuated after bomb threat - Security Info Watch
    securityinfowatch.com
  3. News
    Reports: Aiken Tech evacuated - WFXG
    wfxg.com
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bomb-threatsouth-carolinatechnical-collegeevacuationgraniteville
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion