{
  "id": "2026-11-01-indiana-university-bloomington-kirkwood-dunn-shots-fired",
  "slug": "indiana-university-bloomington-kirkwood-dunn-shots-fired-2026-11-01",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Indiana University Bloomington",
    "shortName": "IU Bloomington",
    "state": "IN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "IU Alert / @IUpolice",
    "enrollment": 47000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Shots fired near a downtown corridor prompts five alerts across the clock change",
    "headlinePublic": "Shots fired near a downtown corridor prompts five alerts across the clock change",
    "summary": "Early on Sunday, November 1, 2026, Indiana University Bloomington police posted an \"IUB emergency\" alert for shots fired near N. Kirkwood Avenue and Dunn Street, followed by three updates and a [final update saying the threat was no longer imminent](https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116789925869691134).",
    "outcome": "The final update at 2:10 AM EST on November 1, 2026 said the threat was no longer imminent and that Bloomington Police were investigating. Injuries and arrests were not stated in the alerts."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-01T01:41:10-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IUB emergency: Shots fired reported near N. Kirkwood and Dunn. Stay where you are and avoid the area. Call 911 with information https://t.co/HBVCxUivtI",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116767484728512907",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-02 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted."
      ],
      "characterCount": 151
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-01T01:46:20-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IUB emergency: Police are responding to the incident on Kirkwood and Dunn. Continue to avoid the area. Call 911 with information.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116768785298313725",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-02 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted."
      ],
      "characterCount": 129
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-01T01:04:48-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IUB emergency: Police continue to respond to the incident on Kirkwood and Dunn. Avoid the area while they investigate. Call 911 with information.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116773430829703543",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-02 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "Posted at 1:04 AM EST, after the 2:00 AM EDT fall-back; this is 23 minutes after the 1:41 AM EDT initial, not before it."
      ],
      "characterCount": 145
    },
    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-01T01:42:49-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IUB emergency: Continue to stay away from the area of Kirkwood from Grant to Dunn while police investigate. Call 911 with information.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116782998855225576",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-02 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "Widens the area to Kirkwood from Grant to Dunn."
      ],
      "characterCount": 134
    },
    {
      "sequence": 5,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-01T02:10:21-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IUB Final Update: Continue to avoid the area of Kirkwood and Dunn while Bloomington Police investigate. Threat is no longer imminent.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116789925869691134",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-02 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "Labelled \"IUB Final Update\" and says the threat is no longer imminent, while still asking people to avoid the area."
      ],
      "characterCount": 133
    },
    {
      "sequence": 6,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-01T02:18:34-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IUB Final Update: Continue to avoid the area of Kirkwood and Dunn while Bloomington Police investigate. Threat is no longer imminent. https://t.co/sJsh3yqTxf",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116791994131558425",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-02 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "Same text as the final update with an image link added, posted eight minutes later; recorded as a repost, not a new message.",
        "Thread checked 2026-11-02: no further @IUpolice posts for this incident."
      ],
      "characterCount": 157
    }
  ],
  "context": "The messages straddled the end of daylight saving time at 2:00 AM EDT, so the third update reads 1:04 AM on the local clock although it came after the [1:41 AM EDT first alert](https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116767484728512907). The [final update](https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116789925869691134) handed the investigation to Bloomington Police.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Every message ended with a request to call 911 with information.",
    "The final update ended the emergency while keeping the avoid-the-area instruction."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice: IUB emergency, shots fired near N. Kirkwood and Dunn",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116767484728512907",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-02"
    },
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice: update, police responding",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116768785298313725",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-02"
    },
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice: update, police continue to respond",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116773430829703543",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-02"
    },
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice: update, Kirkwood from Grant to Dunn",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116782998855225576",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-02"
    },
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice: IUB Final Update",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116789925869691134",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-02"
    },
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice: IUB Final Update repost",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2116791994131558425",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-02"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "fresh-week",
    "shooting",
    "public-r1",
    "indiana",
    "dst-transition"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-11-02",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-11-02",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}