MACON, Ga. (WPGA) - Calls of an active shooter at Central Georgia Technical College’s campus in Macon were found to be a hoax, deputies say.

🚨 CGTC police are responding to calls about an active shooter on the College’s Macon Campus this afternoon, August 26.... Posted by Central Georgia Technical College on Tuesday, August 26, 2025

The campus lifted its lockdown and shelter-in-place order at around 2:40 p.m. on Tuesday, about an hour after the investigation started.

Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Christopher Williams said deputies swept the college, but didn’t find any danger.

A similar call was made about Rutland High School, which is about five miles southwest of the college. Law enforcement assessed the scene, but there was no evidence of a shooter, according to William

See Full Page