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  "id": "2026-08-18-georgia-southern-university-off-campus-shooting-update",
  "slug": "georgia-southern-university-off-campus-shooting-update-2026-08-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Georgia Southern University",
    "shortName": "Georgia Southern",
    "state": "GA",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "EAGLE ALERT / @GeorgiaSouthern",
    "enrollment": 26000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-18",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Shelter order after an off-campus shooting, then lifted",
    "headlinePublic": "Shelter order after an off-campus shooting, then lifted",
    "summary": "Georgia Southern [sent an emergency alert for an off-campus shooting at Largo Drive and Windsor Road](https://x.com/GeorgiaSouthern/status/2089797157666599249). The post was transmitted truncated at 280 characters. A later post [lifted the shelter order](https://x.com/GeorgiaSouthern/status/2089810338577276956) with one suspect still at large.",
    "outcome": "The shelter order was lifted. One suspect remained at large. The opening post ends mid-word."
  },
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-18T15:30:43-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "This is an emergency alert from the Georgia Southern University Office of Public Safety: SAVANNAH POLICE DEPT is investigating an OFF CAMPUS shooting incident at Largo Drive and Windsor Road. There are 2 suspects that are NOT in custody at this time. One suspect is a black male w",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/GeorgiaSouthern/status/2089797157666599249",
      "sourceDescription": "@GeorgiaSouthern off-campus shooting alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual fxtwitter read 2026-10-12. Both bodies match on tweet.text, 280 characters. is_note_tweet is false. raw_text.text equals tweet.text. sha256 d17614ae732d958aa7db72199ff43959d9747aa1628307642f7547d2fe9167e7.",
        "Independent X thread read matches, including the mid-word ending \"black male w\". The post has no URL.",
        "The post was sent truncated. This 280-character cut is the transmitted text. No longer note text was returned.",
        "Thread checked. Replies 0. No further posts on this status. The later update is a separate post, sequence 2.",
        "Work order 08:25Z applied at batch 12.",
        "SPN not attempted at 08:55Z"
      ],
      "characterCount": 280
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-18T16:23:06-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "*UPD*- OFF CAMPUS-SHOOTING UPDATE: One suspect is in custody at this time. There is one suspect still at large. At this time the shelter in place is lifted. Please proceed with caution on and around campus.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/GeorgiaSouthern/status/2089810338577276956",
      "sourceDescription": "@GeorgiaSouthern off-campus shooting update",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual fxtwitter read 2026-10-12. Both bodies match on tweet.text, 206 characters. raw_text.text equals tweet.text. sha256 3dae882bd3d1d65caaa99d4e556b79377da646c924b85002e6868f8f498f8e55.",
        "Independent X thread read returned the same sentence. The post has no URL.",
        "Thread checked. Replies 0. This post is not a reply. It is the update in the same incident.",
        "The opening post 2089797157666599249 is sequence 1. It was sent truncated, and that 280-character cut is filed as the transmitted text.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-08-20-georgia-southern-university-armstrong-off-campus-armed-robbery: two days earlier, a shooting update rather than an armed robbery.",
        "SPN not attempted at 08:05Z"
      ],
      "characterCount": 206
    }
  ],
  "context": "The opening post is from [@GeorgiaSouthern](https://x.com/GeorgiaSouthern) at 3:30 p.m. Eastern on Aug. 18, 2026. It was sent truncated at 280 characters, ending mid-word, and that cut is sequence 1. The 4:23 p.m. update is a separate post, sequence 2. Distinct incident from 2026-08-20-georgia-southern-university-armstrong-off-campus-armed-robbery, two days later and an armed robbery rather than this shooting.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "An emergency alert named an off-campus shooting at Largo Drive and Windsor Road and was sent truncated.",
    "A later post lifted the shelter order while one suspect was still at large."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@GeorgiaSouthern off-campus shooting alert",
      "url": "https://x.com/GeorgiaSouthern/status/2089797157666599249",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted at 08:55Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@GeorgiaSouthern off-campus shooting update",
      "url": "https://x.com/GeorgiaSouthern/status/2089810338577276956",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted at 08:05Z"
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "georgia",
    "shooting"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-12",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}