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.
The Business Journals

Embry-Riddle has plans for major campus growth

If approved, Embry-Riddle's expansion project would bring major changes to the east side of Aerospace Boulevard, replacing existing parking areas with new multi-story buildings. Edward Waters to ...

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 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.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal

Boeing research facility at Embry-Riddle hailed as a 'signal event' for Daytona Beach

DAYTONA BEACH — J. Hyatt Brown remembers as a child during World War II asking his father to take him to see the bomber planes at Daytona Beach airport, a Naval air station from 1940 to 1945. Brown, ...