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Shots Toward the HSS Building: A Drive-By Sends a Campus Alert, Then an All-Clear

Wednesday, February 19, 2025FLshootingemergency notificationmedium confidence

On the morning of February 19, 2025, shots were fired toward the History and Social Sciences (HSS) building at Tallahassee State College, just after 10 a.m. A witness told police the shooter fled in a red vehicle down West Pensacola Street. The campus was not placed on full lockdown, but TSC sent an alert telling everyone to avoid the area, and issued an all-clear about 90 minutes later. No one was injured.

Alerts: 2
Response: —
Killed: —
Injured: —

Institution

Tallahassee State College

Community College · FL

~12,000 studentsTSC 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 ALERTSMSMorning, shortly after 10:00 AM EST on February 19, 2025

Approximate reconstruction151 chars

TSC Alert: Shots were reported near the HSS building. Avoid the area until further notice. Campus Police are investigating. More information to follow.

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

Reconstructed wording; the exact TSC Alert text was not published, so this is marked unconfirmed.

Reporting emphasized that TSC did not order a full lockdown but instead told the community to avoid the area, a graduated response to an off-campus-origin drive-by.

ALL CLEARTwitter/XAbout 90 minutes later, around 11:30 AM EST on February 19, 2025

Verified verbatimWCTV reporting reproducing the TSC X (Twitter) all-clear post verbatim — 'ALL CLEAR: The situation near Pensacola Street has been resolved. There is no longer a threat to the campus.'108 chars

ALL CLEAR: The situation near Pensacola Street has been resolved. There is no longer a threat to the campus.

Verbatim text confirmed from the TSC official X (Twitter) post as quoted by WCTV on February 19, 2025

No one was injured and no property was damaged; TSC Police asked the public for tips on a red vehicle seen fleeing.

The all-clear was posted to TSC's X account approximately 90 minutes after the initial alert

Context

Background

Tallahassee State College — the institution formerly known as Tallahassee Community College — borders West Pensacola Street near downtown Tallahassee. On February 19, 2025, just after 10 a.m. EST, WTXL reported that someone fired shots toward the campus's History and Social Sciences (HSS) building before fleeing in a red vehicle down West Pensacola Street. WCTV reported that TSC sent an alert to students, faculty, and staff to avoid the area rather than ordering a full lockdown, and announced the area was safe about 90 minutes later. No one was injured and no property was damaged. The incident came just two months before the deadly April 2025 Florida State University shooting elsewhere in Tallahassee, and it illustrates how a commuter college calibrates a measured alert for a drive-by that originates on an adjacent public road.

Analysis

Key Findings

Shots were fired toward the HSS building just after 10 a.m. EST on February 19, 2025; the shooter fled in a red vehicle

TSC issued an avoid-the-area alert rather than a full lockdown, then an all-clear about 90 minutes later

No injuries or property damage; TSC Police sought tips on the suspect vehicle

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