The U.S. Naval Academy was on lockdown Thursday evening after a person was injured in a shooting and after the military school received threats on Thursday, according to a state official and the City of Annapolis.
There was a shooting that injured one person at the facility, according to a state official with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly.
One person was Medevaced from the facility.
The shooting came a day after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk raised concerns about an uptick in political violence across the nation, heightening fears. Both House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson reported on X that they had received bomb threats on Thursday.
“Earlier today, I received a bomb threat at my home in Baltimore County. Law enforcement responded quickly and determined that it was a non-credible bomb threat,” Jones wrote on X at 4:43 p.m.
In addition, multiple historically Black colleges and universities went under lockdown across the country on Thursday, with the FBI saying it was “aware of hoax threat calls.”
Naval Support Activity Annapolis was investigating Thursday’s violence. The base remained on lockdown in the evening, and residents were asked to avoid the area until further notice.
At the public-facing entrance on Randall and King George streets, guards confirmed to a Capital Gazette reporter around 6:21 p.m. that the facility was on lockdown but declined to provide further details.
A small group who had arrived to watch a soccer practice was turned away. The event was canceled.
Anne Arundel County Fire Department Lt. Brian Christopher said the department sent mutual aid units to the academy on Thursday evening. Christopher said he did not know how many units were sent over or whether there were any people with injuries at the Naval Academy.
The academy had been placed on lockdown Jan. 31 following multiple bomb threats to the Naval Support Activity Annapolis North Severn Complex, which is located across the Severn River from the school. NSA Annapolis confirmed later that there was no threat, opened all gates at the academy and the installation returned to normal operations that evening.
Naval Support Activity ( NSA) Annapolis is a Department of Defense installation tasked with maintaining Naval Academy facilities and supporting midshipmen.
Capital Gazette reporters James Matheson and Maggie Trovato and The Baltimore Sun reporter Brooke Conrad contributed to this report.
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