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'EVACUATE UP Buildings 12 and 13 Immediately. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.': Lone Star College–University Park Hit With Email Library Bomb Threat

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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 September 30, 2025, Lone Star College Police Department received an email threatening an explosive device at the LSC-University Park Library in northwest Harris County. The college issued an LSC Alert directing evacuation of Buildings 12 and 13 with the imperative phrasing 'THIS IS NOT A DRILL.' The Harris County Bomb Squad and K-9 units swept the library and found no device. The same day, Prairie View A&M University received a similar threat targeting its library.

Alerts
2
Response
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Killed
0
Injured
0
Institution
Lone Star College–University Park
Community College · TX
~13,000 studentsLSC Alert
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

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 ALERTSMS
Verified verbatimKHOU report quoting the verbatim LSC Alert text76 chars
LSC Alert: EVACUATE UP Buildings 12 and 13 immediately. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
The 'THIS IS NOT A DRILL' phrasing is direct, urgent, and unusual — most campus alerts opt for more measured language even in emergencies
Buildings 12 and 13 at LSC-University Park house the library and student services — central infrastructure on the University Park campus
The LSC Police Department received the email threat and triggered the alert immediately, demonstrating an aggressive evacuation posture
ALL CLEARSMS
Approximate reconstruction209 chars
LSC Alert: All-clear. The Harris County Bomb Squad and Sheriff's K-9s have swept the LSC-University Park Library and confirmed no device was found. Classes are canceled for the remainder of the day. Stay safe.

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

After the bomb squad sweep, LSC opted to cancel classes for the remainder of the day rather than resume operations — a precautionary posture
K-9 units from the Harris County Sheriff's Office and Lone Star College Police Department conducted the building-by-building sweep
No suspect was publicly identified — typical of email-based bomb threat hoaxes that rely on anonymized senders
Context

Background

On the morning of September 30, 2025, the Lone Star College Police Department received an email threatening an explosive device at the LSC-University Park Library in northwest Harris County. The campus immediately issued an LSC Alert with the unusually direct phrasing: 'EVACUATE UP Buildings 12 and 13 immediately. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.' Harris County Sheriff's Office K-9 units and Lone Star College Police entered the library and conducted a thorough sweep. By late morning, the Harris County Bomb Squad cleared the library and confirmed no device was found. LSC canceled classes at both LSC-University Park and one other affected campus for the remainder of the day. The threat coincided almost exactly with a bomb threat at Prairie View A&M University's John B. Coleman Library the same morning — both targeting libraries in the Houston area on the same day. The pattern fit a national September 30 wave of campus bomb threats that also struck Towson, Morgan State, Delaware State, and the University of Delaware on the same day. The targeting of community colleges — institutions that are typically underrepresented in campus alert archives — illustrates that swatting and bomb threat campaigns increasingly target the full spectrum of higher education, not just elite four-year universities.
Analysis

Key Findings

The verbatim 'THIS IS NOT A DRILL' language in the LSC Alert is unusually direct — most campus alerts use more measured phrasing even in confirmed emergencies
The September 30 morning featured simultaneous bomb threats at LSC-University Park and Prairie View A&M's Coleman Library, suggesting either coordinated activity or copycat behavior in the Houston metro area
Community colleges remain under-documented in campus alert literature; this incident shows they face the same coordinated threat landscape as four-year institutions
LSC's decision to cancel classes for the rest of the day after the all-clear illustrates a precautionary posture similar to PVAMU's
Outcome
No injuries, no device found. LSC-University Park canceled classes for the rest of the day. The Harris County Bomb Squad and Sheriff's K-9 units cleared the library. No suspect was publicly identified.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    UPDATE: Lone Star College University Park issues all-clear following bomb threat (KHOU)
    khou.com
  2. News
    Bomb threats prompts evacuation at Prairie View University and Lone Star College University Park (Click2Houston)
    click2houston.com
  3. News
    BREAKING: Bomb Threat At LSC University Park (KTRH)
    ktrh.iheart.com
  4. News
    Bomb Threat Leads to Evacuation of Lone Star College University Park Campus, No Device Found (Hoodline)
    hoodline.com
  5. News
    Lone Star College cancels classes out of precaution at 2 campuses after bomb threat (KHOU)
    khou.com
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Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion