{
  "id": "2024-10-16-grand-canyon-university-phoenix-police-knife-suspect-little-canyon-trail",
  "slug": "grand-canyon-university-phoenix-police-knife-suspect-little-canyon-trail-2024-10-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Grand Canyon University",
    "shortName": "GCU",
    "state": "AZ",
    "type": "for-profit",
    "alertSystemName": "GCU Emergency / Public Safety Alert",
    "enrollment": 100000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-10-16",
    "type": "police-activity",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Phoenix Police Activity — Man with a knife near Little Canyon Trail",
    "headlinePublic": "Phoenix Police Activity — Man with a knife near Little Canyon Trail",
    "summary": "Grand Canyon University Public Safety [published an emergency/site alert](https://emergency.gcu.edu/phoenix-police-activity-5/). Full text recovered from the official emergency site.",
    "outcome": "See official GCU emergency site post."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2024-10-16",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "At about 1:45 am, Phoenix Police was looking for a man with a knife, last seen exiting Little Canyon Trail southbound. Please be cautious in and around the area.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.gcu.edu/phoenix-police-activity-5/",
      "sourceDescription": "GCU Emergency site: PHOENIX POLICE ACTIVITY",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official Grand Canyon University emergency.gcu.edu post."
      ],
      "characterCount": 161,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "GCU emergency.gcu.edu residual archive (wider b94). [PHOENIX POLICE ACTIVITY](https://emergency.gcu.edu/phoenix-police-activity-5/).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete official GCU emergency-site alert text recovered."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "PHOENIX POLICE ACTIVITY",
      "url": "https://emergency.gcu.edu/phoenix-police-activity-5/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    },
    {
      "title": "GCU Emergency Alert History",
      "url": "https://emergency.gcu.edu/alert-history/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "for-profit",
    "arizona",
    "gcu-emergency",
    "wider-reach"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}