All clear after assault investigation at Ninth and Elm
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedUniversity of Missouri published an official alert update on or about 2022-01-05. Full text is preserved from the official emergency updates archive.
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To check this alert, Claude Opus 5.5 (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.
11:41 p.m. ALL CLEAR. Scene at Ninth and Elm streets is secure. Police continue to investigate, but there is no ongoing threat to campus, which is back to operating under normal conditions. 11:29 p.m. Police have secured the scene of the reported assault at Ninth and Elm streets, but continue to investigate. Stay away from or leave the area. Update to follow. 11:14 p.m. Police continue to investigate assault at Ninth and Elm streets. Stay away from or leave area. Update to follow. 11:09 p.m. White subject who left scene is on foot headed west on Elm and is wearing blue jeans and long sleeve white shirt with lettering. Stay away. 11:05 p.m. Two subjects in white SUV east on Locust, one Black male wearing a black jacket and black & gold stocking cap. Second subject in SUV is Black male wearing jeans and a jacket. Third subject on foot, White male wearing dark jeans. 10:43 p.m. Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm. Stay away from or leave the area. Police are responding. Update to follow.
Sourcepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads agree the updates name 'Police' as the responding and investigating authority.
Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.
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- present: It names 'Police' as responding and investigating, identifying the authority behind the updates.
- present: Its messages attribute the response to "Police" who are investigating, naming the responding authority.
- present: It cites 'Police' as the responding authority, a named agency.
- present: Its messages name 'Police' as the responding authority, as in 'Police are responding'.
- present: It repeatedly cites 'Police' as responding to and securing the scene, which names the responding agency.
- present: It says 'Police are responding' and 'Police continue to investigate', naming the responding agency.
- present: The messages repeatedly say 'Police are responding' and 'Police continue to investigate', naming the responding authority.
- present: The updates repeatedly say "Police are responding" and "Police continue to investigate", naming the responding authority.
- present: The messages attribute actions to 'Police' who are responding and investigating, naming the responding authority.
- present: It repeatedly says 'Police are responding' and 'Police have secured the scene', naming the responding authority.
- present: The updates say 'Police are responding' and 'Police have secured the scene', naming police as the responding authority.
- present: No branded tag appears, but it repeatedly names 'Police' as the responding authority, which counts as a named agency.
- present: It repeatedly states 'Police are responding' and 'Police continue to investigate', naming police as the responding authority.
- present: Each update attributes action to 'Police', naming the responding authority.
- present: It repeatedly says "Police are responding" and "Police continue to investigate", naming police as the authority.
- present: The updates repeatedly cite 'Police' as the responding authority, which counts as a named agency.
- present: It repeatedly names 'Police' as the responding agency, e.g. 'Police are responding'.
- present: It repeatedly names "Police" as responding and investigating, which identifies the responding authority.
- present: It says 'Police are responding' and 'Police have secured the scene', naming police as the responding authority.
- present: The messages report that 'Police are responding' and 'Police have secured the scene', naming police as the responding authority.
- present: The messages repeatedly cite 'Police' as responding and investigating, which names the responding authority.
- present: The updates repeatedly name 'Police' as investigating and responding, identifying the responding authority.
- present: The updates repeatedly say 'Police are responding' and 'Police have secured the scene', naming police as the responding authority.
- present: It repeatedly says "Police" are responding and investigating, which names the responding authority behind the alert.
- present: Several updates say 'Police are responding' and 'Police continue to investigate', naming police as the responding authority.
Hazardpresent25/25
Final assessment
Unanimous: it reports an 'Assault' at Ninth and Elm, a specific threat.
What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.
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- present: It reports an 'Assault' at Ninth and Elm, a specific threat.
- present: It names an "Assault" at Ninth and Elm with described subjects, a specific threat.
- present: It names an 'Assault' at an intersection.
- present: It reports that an 'Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm' with fleeing subjects, a specific threat.
- present: It reports an 'Assault' at Ninth and Elm with several subjects fleeing, which names a specific threat.
- present: The first message says 'Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm', naming a specific violent crime as the hazard.
- present: It names an 'Assault' at Ninth and Elm streets, which is a specific threat rather than a generic incident.
- present: It reports that an "Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm", a specific crime.
- present: It names an 'Assault' at Ninth and Elm, a specific violent incident.
- present: It reports that an 'Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm', which names a specific violent threat.
- present: It reports an 'Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm' involving multiple subjects, a specific threat.
- present: It says an 'Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm' and later describes fleeing subjects, which names a specific crime threat.
- present: It reports that an 'Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm', which is a specific threat rather than a vague incident.
- present: It names an 'Assault' at Ninth and Elm.
- present: It names an "Assault" at the intersection.
- present: It says an 'Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm' and describes subjects leaving the scene, a specific violent incident.
- present: It reports an 'Assault' at Ninth and Elm, a specific threat.
- present: It says "Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm" and describes fleeing subjects, which names a specific violent threat.
- present: It names an 'Assault' at the scene and describes subjects fleeing, which identifies a specific threat.
- present: It reports an 'Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm' and describes fleeing subjects, a specific threat.
- present: It reports an 'Assault' at Ninth and Elm with several subjects fleeing, which is a specific violent crime hazard.
- present: It reports an 'Assault' at Ninth and Elm with several subjects fleeing, a specific threat.
- present: It reports an 'Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm', a specific violent incident.
- present: It reports that an "Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm" and later describes fleeing subjects, a specific threat.
- present: It reports an 'Assault occurred at Ninth/Elm', which names a specific threat.
Locationpresent25/25
Final assessment
Unanimous: every update places the scene at 'Ninth and Elm streets'.
Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.
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- present: It gives 'Ninth and Elm streets' as the scene.
- present: It gives "Ninth and Elm streets" as the assault scene and mentions subjects heading east on Locust.
- present: It places the assault at 'Ninth and Elm streets'.
- present: It locates the assault at 'Ninth and Elm streets', a named intersection near campus.
- present: It locates the assault at 'Ninth/Elm' and gives suspect movement 'east on Locust'.
- present: It gives 'Ninth and Elm streets' as the location of the assault, a specific intersection near campus.
- present: It places the assault 'at Ninth/Elm' and describes subjects moving east on Locust and west on Elm.
- present: The scene is "Ninth and Elm streets", and suspects are tracked on Elm and Locust.
- present: It places the assault at 'Ninth/Elm' and 'Ninth and Elm streets', a specific intersection.
- present: It gives 'Ninth and Elm streets' as the scene and notes suspects headed east on Locust, specific locations.
- present: It names 'Ninth and Elm streets' as the assault scene and 'Locust' as the direction subjects fled.
- present: It locates the scene at 'Ninth and Elm streets' and subjects heading 'east on Locust'.
- present: It gives 'Ninth and Elm streets' as the location of the assault in several updates.
- present: It locates the scene at 'Ninth and Elm streets'.
- present: It gives "Ninth and Elm streets".
- present: It names 'Ninth and Elm streets' and 'east on Locust' as locations.
- present: It names 'Ninth and Elm streets' and the direction subjects fled.
- present: It locates the assault at "Ninth and Elm streets" and mentions subjects heading on Locust and Elm.
- present: It places the assault at 'Ninth and Elm streets', a specific intersection near campus.
- present: It repeatedly names 'Ninth and Elm streets' and 'Locust' as locations.
- present: It gives 'Ninth and Elm streets' and routes like 'east on Locust'.
- present: It locates the assault 'at Ninth/Elm' streets and also mentions subjects heading along Locust.
- present: Every update names 'Ninth and Elm streets' as the location.
- present: It names "Ninth and Elm streets" as the scene and mentions subjects headed east on Locust.
- present: It gives 'Ninth and Elm streets' and later describes subjects headed west on Elm and east on Locust.
Guidancepresent25/25
Final assessment
Unanimous: it repeatedly instructs 'Stay away from or leave the area'.
The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.
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- present: It repeatedly instructs 'Stay away from or leave the area'.
- present: It repeatedly says "Stay away from or leave the area", a protective action.
- present: It instructs 'Stay away from or leave the area'.
- present: It repeatedly instructs recipients to 'Stay away from or leave the area', a protective action.
- present: It instructs 'Stay away from or leave the area' in several updates.
- present: It repeatedly instructs recipients to 'Stay away from or leave the area', a clear protective action.
- present: It instructs 'Stay away from or leave the area' in several updates.
- present: Recipients are told to "Stay away from or leave the area".
- present: It repeatedly instructs recipients to 'Stay away from or leave the area', a clear protective action.
- present: It repeatedly instructs recipients to 'Stay away from or leave the area', a direct protective action.
- present: It repeatedly instructs 'Stay away from or leave the area' and 'Stay away'.
- present: It repeatedly instructs recipients to 'Stay away from or leave the area', a clear protective action during the response.
- present: It repeatedly instructs recipients to 'Stay away from or leave the area', a direct protective action.
- present: It says 'Stay away from or leave the area'.
- present: It says "Stay away from or leave the area".
- present: It repeatedly tells recipients 'Stay away from or leave the area', a clear protective action during the response.
- present: It repeatedly says 'Stay away from or leave the area'.
- present: It repeatedly tells readers to "Stay away from or leave the area", which is a clear protective action.
- present: It repeatedly tells recipients to 'Stay away from or leave the area', a clear protective action.
- present: It instructs recipients to 'Stay away from or leave the area' in several updates.
- present: It repeatedly tells recipients to 'Stay away from or leave the area', which is a clear protective instruction.
- present: It repeatedly tells recipients to 'Stay away from or leave the area', a protective action.
- present: It repeatedly instructs 'Stay away from or leave the area'.
- present: It repeatedly instructs readers to "Stay away from or leave the area," a clear protective action.
- present: It repeatedly instructs 'Stay away from or leave the area', a clear protective action.
Timepresent25/25
Final assessment
Unanimous: each update is time stamped, from '10:43 p.m.' through the '11:41 p.m.' all clear.
When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.
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- present: Each update is stamped, from '10:43 p.m.' to the '11:41 p.m.' all clear.
- present: Each update has a clock time, from "10:43 p.m." to the all clear at "11:41 p.m."
- present: Each update is time-stamped, from '10:43 p.m.' to '11:41 p.m.'.
- present: Each update is time stamped, from '10:43 p.m.' to the '11:41 p.m.' all clear.
- present: Each entry has a clock time, from '10:43 p.m.' to '11:41 p.m.'.
- present: It includes a sequence of timestamps such as '10:43 p.m.' and '11:41 p.m.' for each update.
- present: Each update carries a clock time from '10:43 p.m.' to the '11:41 p.m.' all clear.
- present: Each update carries a time stamp, from "10:43 p.m." to the "11:41 p.m." all clear.
- present: Each update carries a clock time from '10:43 p.m.' to the '11:41 p.m.' all clear.
- present: Each update carries a time, from '10:43 p.m.' to the all clear at '11:41 p.m.'.
- present: Each update is time stamped, from '10:43 p.m.' to the '11:41 p.m.' ALL CLEAR.
- present: Each update carries a clock time, running from '10:43 p.m.' for the first message to '11:41 p.m.' for the all clear.
- present: Each update is stamped with times such as '10:43 p.m.' and '11:41 p.m.'
- present: Each update is timestamped from '10:43 p.m.' to the '11:41 p.m.' all clear.
- present: It gives times from "10:43 p.m." to "11:41 p.m."
- present: It gives a sequence of timestamps from '10:43 p.m.' through the '11:41 p.m.' all-clear message.
- present: Every update is timestamped, from '10:43 p.m.' to the '11:41 p.m.' all clear.
- present: Each update carries a clock time, running from "10:43 p.m." to the "11:41 p.m." all clear.
- present: Each update is time-stamped, running from '10:43 p.m.' through the '11:41 p.m.' all clear.
- present: Each update is stamped with a time, from '10:43 p.m.' to the '11:41 p.m.' all clear.
- present: The messages carry timestamps from '10:43 p.m.' to '11:41 p.m.', which convey when each update and the all clear were sent.
- present: Each update is timed, from '10:43 p.m.' to the '11:41 p.m.' ALL CLEAR.
- present: Each update has a time, from '10:43 p.m.' to the '11:41 p.m.' all clear.
- present: The updates are stamped with clock times from "10:43 p.m." through the all clear at "11:41 p.m."
- present: Each update has a clock time, from '10:43 p.m.' to the '11:41 p.m.' all clear.
Impactabsent0/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find no consequence or severity stated; there is no mention of injuries or harm, and it later says 'no ongoing threat'.
What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.
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- absent: It states no injuries or potential harm and later says there is 'no ongoing threat'.
- absent: It names the assault but never states injuries or what harm the subjects could cause.
- absent: It names the assault but states no potential harm or severity.
- absent: No statement of potential harm or severity appears beyond naming the assault.
- absent: It describes suspects but never states any consequence or severity of the assault.
- absent: It does not describe potential harm or severity from the assault; it gives suspect descriptions and area warnings.
- absent: It describes the assault and suspects but never states potential harm or severity.
- absent: No injury or severity of the assault is described, and the final message reports "no ongoing threat".
- absent: It describes suspects but never states potential injury or severity of the threat.
- absent: It never states injuries or what harm the assault situation could cause recipients.
- absent: It names the assault and suspects but never states injuries or the potential harm they pose.
- absent: It names the assault but never states what harm occurred or could occur.
- absent: It describes suspects and scene status but never states potential harm or severity.
- absent: It never states injuries or severity and ends by noting 'no ongoing threat to campus'.
- absent: It describes subjects but states no injury or consequence.
- absent: It states 'no ongoing threat to campus' and never describes harm or severity.
- absent: It gives no injury count or statement of how dangerous the subjects are.
- absent: It says "there is no ongoing threat" and states no injury or consequence.
- absent: The alerts describe no injuries and do not state any potential harm or severity from the assault.
- absent: It names an assault but never states injuries, danger, or severity to recipients.
- absent: It describes the assault and the suspects but never mentions injuries or what the assailants could do to others.
- absent: It gives no statement of injuries or potential harm from the assault.
- absent: No statement conveys injury or potential harm; the alert only describes the assault and suspects.
- absent: It states there is "no ongoing threat to campus" and conveys no consequence or severity of the assault.
- absent: It never mentions injuries or states what harm the situation could cause to recipients.
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Campus Alert Archive. "University of Missouri: All clear after assault investigation at Ninth and Elm." Incident of January 5, 2022. Added July 2026; last updated September 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-missouri-assault-2022-01-05/
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