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  "id": "2025-10-01-bowie-state-university-thurgood-marshall-library-threat",
  "slug": "bowie-state-university-thurgood-marshall-library-threat-2025-10-01",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Bowie State University",
    "shortName": "BSU",
    "state": "MD",
    "type": "hbcu",
    "alertSystemName": "BEES alert / @BowieState",
    "enrollment": 6000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-10-01",
    "type": "bomb-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-hoax",
    "headline": "Library threat search finds notice not credible",
    "headlinePublic": "Library threat search finds notice not credible",
    "summary": "Bowie State [searched Thurgood Marshall Library after a potential threat notice and deemed it not credible](https://x.com/BowieState/status/1973493679881896355), reopening the library.",
    "outcome": "Threat not credible; library open; normal operations resumed."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-10-01T17:02:13-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Campus Safety Update for the Bowie State University Community: Bowie State received notice of a potential threat at the Thurgood Marshall Library on October 1, 2025. After a thorough search by BSUPD and partner agencies, the situation was deemed not credible. The library is open and normal operations have resumed.\nYour safety is our top priority — please remain aware and report any suspicious activity to BSUPD at 301-860-4040.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/BowieState/status/1973493679881896355",
      "sourceDescription": "@BowieState library threat update",
      "characterCount": 430,
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (keyword + thread_fetch) 2026-08-04; second blind sha256 match.",
        "SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523)."
      ],
      "textSha256": "5fe7439462e10fac52c3b2944390ff9712c8f9e71f4790d05d07765b38b9e151"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official institutional X channel.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official full-text X capture with dual blind confirmation."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@BowieState library threat update",
      "url": "https://x.com/BowieState/status/1973493679881896355",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "hbcu",
    "bowie-state",
    "bomb-threat",
    "maryland"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-04",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}