{
  "id": "2024-09-29-longwood-university-north-street-shots-fired",
  "slug": "longwood-university-north-street-shots-fired-2024-09-29",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Longwood University",
    "shortName": "Longwood",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "public-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "Longwood Alerts / alerts.longwood.edu",
    "enrollment": 5000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-09-29",
    "type": "shots-fired",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Nearby shots with no campus threat then avoid North Street",
    "headlinePublic": "Nearby shots with no campus threat then avoid North Street",
    "summary": "Longwood [posted that police were investigating nearby shots fired with no indication of a campus threat](https://alerts.longwood.edu/alert-police-investigating-report-of-shots-fired-nearby-currently-there-is-no-indication-of-threat-to-campus-exercise-caution-and-report-suspicious-behavior/), [asked the community to avoid North Street](https://alerts.longwood.edu/9-29-24-nspc-shots-follow-up/), then [said police had closed the crime scene and indicated no threat to campus](https://alerts.longwood.edu/9-29-24-north-street-shooting-final/).",
    "outcome": "Farmville Police closed the North Street crime scene and indicated no threat to campus."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-09-29T00:40:49-04:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "ALERT: Police investigating report of shots fired nearby. Currently there is no indication of threat to campus. Exercise caution and report suspicious behavior.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/alert-police-investigating-report-of-shots-fired-nearby-currently-there-is-no-indication-of-threat-to-campus-exercise-caution-and-report-suspicious-behavior/",
      "sourceDescription": "Longwood Alerts archive: nearby shots initial",
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        "Distinct incident from 2024-10-14-longwood-university-grainger-hall-bomb-threat: different type and date.",
        "Distinct incident from 2024-10-24-longwood-university-moss-hall-bomb-threat: different type and date."
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    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2024-09-29T00:51:49-04:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Alert: Farmville Police continuing to investigate a report of shots fired on North Street. Please avoid the area.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/9-29-24-nspc-shots-follow-up/",
      "sourceDescription": "Longwood Alerts archive: North Street avoid-area",
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    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2024-09-29T01:33:27-04:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Notice: Police have closed the crime scene at North Street and have indicated there is no threat to campus.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/9-29-24-north-street-shooting-final/",
      "sourceDescription": "Longwood Alerts archive: North Street scene closed",
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  "context": "Longwood posted the three products to [alerts.longwood.edu](https://alerts.longwood.edu/). Farmville Police investigated a nearby shots-fired report on North Street; the campus products moved from no-threat caution to an avoid-area update to a closed crime scene.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The first product said there was no indication of a threat to campus while asking people to exercise caution.",
    "The follow-up named North Street and asked people to avoid the area.",
    "The third product said police had closed the crime scene and indicated no threat to campus."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Longwood Alerts: nearby shots initial",
      "url": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/alert-police-investigating-report-of-shots-fired-nearby-currently-there-is-no-indication-of-threat-to-campus-exercise-caution-and-report-suspicious-behavior/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-24",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 429; TLS certificate expired"
    },
    {
      "title": "Longwood Alerts: North Street avoid-area",
      "url": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/9-29-24-nspc-shots-follow-up/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-24",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 429; TLS certificate expired"
    },
    {
      "title": "Longwood Alerts: North Street scene closed",
      "url": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/9-29-24-north-street-shooting-final/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-24",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 429; TLS certificate expired"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-masters",
    "virginia",
    "longwood",
    "shots-fired",
    "2024"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-24",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-24",
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}