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N.C. A&T

Single Shot Through a Wall: AggieAlert Posts All-Clear 40 Minutes After Barbee Hall Gunfire

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Just after midnight on Monday, April 15, 2024, a single shot was fired through an interior wall inside Barbee Hall — a freshman residence hall at North Carolina A&T State University. No injuries were reported. The AggieAlert system issued three messages in roughly 40 minutes, ending with an all-clear. Two individuals, including one student, were detained and charged.

Alerts
3
Response
—
Killed
0
Injured
0
Institution
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Hbcu · NC
~13,885 studentsAggieAlert
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

3 messages in sequence · 2 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 verbatimFOX8 WGHP article quoting the AggieAlert text directly119 chars
UPD is investigating shots fired inside of Barbee Hall. No injuries reported. UPD is on scene. Stay clear of the scene.
Sent just after midnight EDT on April 15, 2024 in response to a 911 call reporting gunfire inside Barbee Hall, a freshman dormitory on the N.C. A&T campus
The 119-character message is tight and information-dense: building name, agency on scene, injury status, and a clear action instruction
Notably, the alert reports 'No injuries' before the all-clear — a useful reassurance pattern for late-night residence-hall incidents
UPDATESMS
Approximate reconstructionReconstructed from FOX8 WGHP reporting (paraphrased: police still on scene, requesting tips at 336-334-7675); exact wording not published135 chars
UPD is still on scene investigating shots fired inside Barbee Hall. If you have any information, contact campus police at 336-334-7675.

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

FOX8 reported the second AggieAlert, ~20 minutes after the initial, said police were still on the scene and asked anyone with information to call (336) 334-7675 — the exact verbatim wording was not preserved
Barbee Hall is one of N.C. A&T's freshman residence halls on the main campus
ALL CLEARSMS
Verified verbatimFOX8 WGHP article quoting the AggieAlert all-clear text directly129 chars
ALL CLEAR!! UPD has cleared the scene at this time. If you have any additional information contact campus police at 336-334-7675.
The all-clear's double exclamation point 'ALL CLEAR!!' is unusual for university emergency messaging — most alert systems strip emphatic punctuation
The all-clear closes with a tip line (336-334-7675), the same number included in the second update
By the time of the all-clear, both suspects had been detained inside Barbee Hall by N.C. A&T University Police Department officers
Context

Background

Just after midnight on Monday, April 15, 2024, a single shot was fired through an interior wall inside Barbee Hall — a freshman residence hall on the North Carolina A&T campus in Greensboro, North Carolina. The shooting allegedly stemmed from an argument between 18-year-old student Nicholas Nasir McCall and his 19-year-old girlfriend Jaila Chancel Gibson, who was not enrolled. The shot passed through a wall and into a room containing several other students, but miraculously caused no injuries. N.C. A&T's AggieAlert system issued an initial alert just after midnight, a status-update follow-up roughly 20 minutes later, and an all-clear approximately 40 minutes after the first alert. Both McCall and Gibson were taken into custody and charged with felony possession of a weapon on educational property; Gibson additionally received the more serious charge of felony firing a weapon into an occupied dwelling, while McCall faced additional drug and fire-device charges. The incident occurred during a string of campus-safety incidents across North Carolina HBCUs that spring, including separate incidents at NCCU and App State. N.C. A&T is the largest HBCU in the United States by enrollment, with roughly 13,900 students, making Barbee Hall's freshman population one of the densest HBCU dorm communities nationally.
Analysis

Key Findings

AggieAlert's three-message cadence (initial, status update, all-clear) completed in about 40 minutes — a tight, well-paced response for a residence-hall shots-fired incident
The 118-character initial alert is notable for its information density: building name, agency on scene, injury status, and action instruction all in one SMS-length message
That a single bullet through an interior wall caused no injuries was characterized by university officials as 'miraculous' — Barbee Hall is a high-occupancy freshman residence
The incident illustrates the firearm-on-educational-property charge as a key Clery and state-law mechanism for prosecuting dorm-room gun incidents that do not result in injury
Outcome
No injuries. Two suspects taken into custody and charged: student Nicholas Nasir McCall, 18, and Jaila Chancel Gibson, 19 (non-student). Both charged with felony possession of a weapon on educational property; Gibson additionally charged with felony firing a weapon into an occupied dwelling.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    2 charged after report of shot fired in Barbee Hall on NC A&T campus, university says (FOX8 WGHP)
    myfox8.com
  2. Student Paper
    N.C. A&T Student Charged After Reports of Shots Fired Inside Barbee Hall (The A&T Register, student newspaper)
    ncatregister.com
  3. Official
    AggieAlert Emergency Notification Archive (N.C. A&T University Police Department)
    police.ncat.edu
  4. News
    North Carolina A&T students react after shot fired inside dorm building (WFMY News2)
    wfmynews2.com
  5. News
    Shots fired inside residence hall at NC A&T; two charged (WRAL)
    wral.com
  6. News
    Shots fired inside residence hall at North Carolina A&T State University, no injuries reported (ABC11)
    abc11.com
  7. national media
    NC A&T Student Detained After Shooting Inside Freshman Residence Hall (Black Enterprise)
    blackenterprise.com
Tags
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Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion