A University emergency alert sent Friday at 10:50 a.m. reported a bomb threat at Edgar Shannon Library, located at 160 McCormick Road. The notification said to avoid the area.
According to the latest notification sent by the University at 1:42 p.m., the bomb threat is clear and no bombing device was found by police who have been on scene since Friday morning. Both Shannon and Clemons Libraries returned to normal operations, and the University said there will be no further updates.
At 1:19 p.m., police remained at the scene investigating as both Shannon and Clemons Libraries evacuated. The University alert said University operations remained normal outside of those libraries and also said the next update would be in 30 minutes, as the previous update at 12:49 p.m. had stated.
Shannon Library was first reported as being evacuated according to a notification sent at 10:59 a.m., and at 11:14 a.m., an alert to the University community said that University Police are at the scene investigating, and students should evacuate both Clemons and Shannon Libraries.
According to the University Police Department, all further information will come out of the University’s Communication’s Office when it can be provided.
“The University is asking for some manpower at Shannon Library,” the Charlottesville, Albemarle and U.Va. Police scanner reported at 11:10 a.m. “It doesn’t matter if they are plain clothes or in uniform.”
According to a statement sent to The Cavalier Daily from University Spokesperson Bethanie Glover at 11:29 a.m., police are responding to the threat and a “thorough investigation” is underway. She wrote the area should continue to be avoided.
Some University courses have been cancelled or moved to an online format to accommodate the ongoing threat.
The University community received an emergency alert for a false report of an active shooter on Grounds Nov. 3, 2025. The alert contained the language “RUN, HIDE, FIGHT” — language not included in the bomb threat report.
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