Lockdown lifted, no threat found at Embry-Riddle's Daytona Beach campus, police say

The Daytona Beach Police Department and the FBI are investigating the call.

Embry-Riddle University locked down after campus threat reported in Volusia County

On the evening of 17 February 2026, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Daytona Beach campus was placed on a temporary lockdown following a threatening call authorities received regarding a ...

Active shooter threat at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach? What we know

According to posts circulating on social media, the Daytona Beach campus has since been placed on lockdown.
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Daytona's 'Harvard of the Sky': Embry-Riddle marks first 100 years with eyes on the future

DAYTONA BEACH — This December will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of what is now Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an institution Time Magazine in 1979 dubbed the "Harvard of the Sky." ...