Lockdown at US Naval Academy lifted after injury, threats

Todd Karpovich, The Baltimore Sun on Sep 12, 2025

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BALTIMORE — The lockdown at the U.S. Naval Academy was lifted early Friday as students and personnel were given the all-clear to return to campus following an injury and a series of threats received the previous day.

However, general public visitation to the academy was closed Friday, officials announced.

The academy had been placed on lockdown Thursday night after one person was injured amid earlier threats to the military school, according to state officials and the City of Annapolis.

A midshipman was injured while a building was being cleared and was listed in stable condition Thursday night, according to a statement from U.S. Rep. Sarah Elfreth, a Democrat from Maryland. The injured person was transported by medevac to Maryland Shock Trauma in Baltimore.

A state official with knowledge of the situation said Thursday that a shooting occurred at the Naval Academy complex that is believed to be accidental. Naval Support Activity Annapolis is leading the investigation into Thursday’s events, and the probe is ongoing, the military school said Friday.

Around 6:20 p.m. Thursday, guards at the public-facing entrance at Randall and King George streets confirmed to a Capital Gazette reporter that the base was on lockdown but declined to provide further details. The order remained in place overnight, and residents were urged to avoid the area.

The lockdown also disrupted campus activities. A small group of spectators arriving for a soccer practice was turned away, and a women’s soccer game between Navy and St. Mary’s in California was canceled.

The chaos unfolded one day after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which has heightened fears of political violence nationwide.

On Thursday, both Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson reported on social media that they had received bomb threats.

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