{"id":235479,"date":"2026-04-17T10:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/235479\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:50:13","slug":"how-a-robotics-competition-at-famu-resulted-in-a-temporary-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/235479\/","title":{"rendered":"How a robotics competition at FAMU resulted in a temporary lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

A robotics competition at the Al Lawson Center on Florida A&M\u2019s campus momentarily raised alarm and panic at FAMU and Florida State Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Police received calls reporting sounds of gunfire and even an openly carried weapon. The University sent out a shelter-in-place alert, resulting in what a TPD spokesman called a \u201clarge police presence.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a search, law enforcement determined there was no present danger and that the calls had stemmed from noises and sights connected with the robotics competition.<\/p>\n

In a press release, the FAMU police department says “Out of an abundance of caution, you may notice an increased law enforcement presence on campus today as standard safety protocols are followed.”<\/p>\n

The concerns at FAMU also triggered heightened worries on FSU\u2019s campus, with some lockdown buttons activated in response to the FAMU alert. <\/p>\n

A press release from FSU says “We understand this situation may be upsetting. Information and resources for students, faculty and staff are available at response.fsu.edu<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

There were no threats at either school. Still, the nervousness came on the eve of last year\u2019s shooting on FSU\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A robotics competition at the Al Lawson Center on Florida A&M\u2019s campus momentarily raised alarm and panic at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-235479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}