Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach is on lockdown following a shooting threat from an anonymous caller.

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

Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach has been placed under lockdown after a threat to “shoot up the campus with an AK-47,” authorities confirmed.

According to posts circulating on social media, the Daytona Beach campus has since been placed on lockdown.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University was placed on lockdown late Tuesday after a threat was reported, but no threat was found and the lockdown has been lifted, according to officials.

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