Police: All-clear after bomb threat cancels classes at Bethune-Cookman University

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Classes at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach were canceled on Monday following a bomb threat that prompted a lockdown.

Police had asked the public not to come to the campus for the rest of the day unless absolutely necessary.  A lockdown was put in place but was lifted by late afternoon. 

Authorities are investigating after several historically black colleges and universities across the county reported threats to their campuses Monday.

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"The Daytona Beach Police Department (DBPD) is working with various law enforcement agencies – including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – as investigators look into threats made across the United States today (January 31, 2022) at various Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU," the police department wrote in a news release sent to FOX 35 News. 

Bowie State University in suburban Washington, D.C., Albany State University in Georgia, and Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana all reported "bomb threats."

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An email alert was also sent to the Howard University community saying that police and the school were investigating a bomb threat on campus. Howard University is located in Washington, D.C.

It is not clear at this time if the threats are connected.

"I will say that these are certainly disturbing," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday. "And the White House is in touch with interagency partners, including federal law enforcement leadership on this." 

"The president is aware. I don’t believe he’s received a formal briefing, but he is aware of these reports," she added.

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