{
  "id": "2022-07-30-howard-university-shooting-reported-in-200-block-of-v-street-nw",
  "slug": "howard-university-shooting-reported-in-200-block-of-v-street-nw-2022-07-30",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Howard University",
    "shortName": "Howard",
    "state": "DC",
    "type": "hbcu",
    "alertSystemName": "HU Alert / Bison Safe",
    "enrollment": 13000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-07-30",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Shooting reported in 200 block of V Street NW",
    "headlinePublic": "Shooting reported in 200 block of V Street NW",
    "summary": "Howard DPS [published Crime Alert - Shooting](https://publicsafety.howard.edu/articles/crime-alert-shooting). Full text recovered from the official publicsafety.howard.edu Crime Alert archive.",
    "outcome": "See official Howard DPS Crime Alert page for further updates if any."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2022-07-30 (page archive date; exact email clock time not stated)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is actively investigating a shooting that occurred in the 200 block of V Street N.W. at approximately 5:20 p.m. A lookout has been established for a red sports utility vehicle last seen driving eastbound on V St. Preliminary details suggest that no Howard-affiliated community members were involved with or impacted by this incident.\n\nPlease avoid the area and use caution. Anyone with information about this incident should immediately contact DPS at 202-806-1100 or call 911 to reach MPD.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.howard.edu/articles/crime-alert-shooting",
      "sourceDescription": "Howard DPS Crime Alert - Shooting",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from Howard DPS Crime Alert / advisory archive at publicsafety.howard.edu.",
        "Incident date taken from earliest page date stamp when body clock date is not explicit."
      ],
      "characterCount": 531,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official Howard University Department of Public Safety Crime Alert archived at [publicsafety.howard.edu](https://publicsafety.howard.edu/articles/crime-alert-shooting).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete official Clery-style campus community notification text recovered from public DPS site."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Howard DPS Crime Alert - Shooting",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.howard.edu/articles/crime-alert-shooting",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2022",
    "clery-timely-warning",
    "crime-alert",
    "howard",
    "shooting"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}