{
  "id": "2025-03-30-marquette-university-clybourn-shots-fired",
  "slug": "marquette-university-clybourn-shots-fired-2025-03-30",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Marquette University",
    "shortName": "Marquette",
    "state": "WI",
    "type": "private-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "MUPD Safety Alert",
    "enrollment": 11500
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-03-30",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Shooting, March 30, 2025",
    "summary": "Just after 8:30 a.m. CDT on Sunday, March 30, 2025, the [Marquette University Police Department investigated a shots-fired incident](https://www.fox6now.com/news/shots-fired-incident-near-marquette-university-no-injuries) near campus at the intersection of N. 16th Street and W. Clybourn Street. A suspect traveling in a dark-color sedan [fired a weapon at another vehicle](https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/shots-fired-at-18th-and-state-off-marquette-university-campus-police-say). The two victims in the targeted car were not affiliated with Marquette and were not injured. MUPD issued a Safety Alert to the campus community advising students to avoid the area.",
    "outcome": "No injuries reported. The two occupants of the targeted vehicle were not affiliated with Marquette. The Milwaukee Police Department assumed jurisdiction for the investigation since the incident occurred in MPD's geographic boundary. The suspect vehicle (dark-color sedan) and shooter were not immediately apprehended; investigation continued.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Shortly after 8:30 AM CDT on Sunday, March 30, 2025",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "The Marquette University Police Department is investigating the incident below. If you have more information, please contact MUPD immediately at (414) 288-6800.\n\nInitial Incident Report\n\nIncident type: Reported shots fired\nIncident location: N. 16th Street and W. Clybourn Street\nApproximate time: 8:38 a.m.\nVictims: Two individuals, not affiliated with Marquette\nPhysical injuries: None\n\nMUPD responded to reports of shots fired at N. 16th Street and W. Clybourn Street, where a suspect traveling in a dark color sedan discharged a weapon at another vehicle. The two victims in the other vehicle were not injured. MUPD is investigating.\n\nDescription of suspect(s)\n\nSuspect 1\nSex: Male\nAge: 25-35\nRace and/or ethnicity: Black or African American\nWeight: Slim build\nHeight: 6′\nClothing: Black puffy coat with gold sleeves\n\nVehicle Description\n\nDark colored sedan\n\nPlease note that race, ethnicity, gender and/or religious affiliation are NOT considered the basis for suspicion; only behaviors are considered suspicious.\n\nThe purpose of this warning is to aid in the prevention of similar crimes by alerting the community about the incident and to provide information that allows individuals to make informed decisions about their personal safety.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://today.marquette.edu/alert/safety-alert-march-30-2025-838-a-m/",
      "sourceDescription": "Marquette Today Safety Alert (Mar 30, 2025 8:38 a.m.)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full official Safety Alert body from today.marquette.edu (structured MUPD format).",
        "Stay Safe/EagleEye boilerplate footer omitted per Marquette Safety Alert archive convention.",
        "Page uses “dark color sedan” (no -ed) in narrative; vehicle section uses “Dark colored sedan” — both preserved as published."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1245,
      "timestamp": "2025-03-30T08:38:00-05:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Marquette University is a [private Jesuit R2 doctoral institution](https://www.marquette.edu/) in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin with approximately 11,500 students. The Marquette University Police Department (MUPD) maintains an [active Safety Alerts system](https://www.marquette.edu/university-safety/alerts/) that publishes notifications about crimes occurring on or immediately adjacent to campus. On the morning of Sunday, March 30, 2025, [MUPD investigated a shots-fired incident](https://www.fox6now.com/news/shots-fired-incident-near-marquette-university-no-injuries) just after 8:30 a.m. CDT at N. 16th Street and W. Clybourn Street, a corridor on the southern edge of Marquette's campus near major academic buildings. A suspect traveling in a dark-colored sedan [fired a weapon at another vehicle](https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/shots-fired-at-18th-and-state-off-marquette-university-campus-police-say); the two occupants of the targeted car were not Marquette-affiliated and were not struck. MUPD sent a Safety Alert to the campus community, and the [Milwaukee Police Department assumed lead investigative jurisdiction](https://www.marquette.edu/mupd/safety-alerts.php). The March 30 incident was one of several shots-fired alerts Marquette would issue across 2025; subsequent incidents on [July 7](https://marquettewire.org/4138141/news/shots-fired-on-n-18th-street-and-west-highland-avenue/) (Norris Park, separately documented in this archive) and [September 14](https://www.fox6now.com/news/shots-fired-incident-near-marquette-university-no-injuries) further intensified student concern about urban gun violence on campus borders, which MUPD's own Marquette Wire editorial board would [later cite in calls for faster alerts](https://marquettewire.org/4068730/opinion/editorial-mupd-must-do-better-promptly-inform-campus/).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "MUPD's communication framework places the university as the safety-notification clearinghouse even when Milwaukee Police hold investigative jurisdiction, a model used by many urban campuses with sworn police departments operating inside larger municipal departments' geographic territories",
    "The March 30 incident was part of a 2025 cluster; Marquette would issue similar shots-fired alerts on July 7 and September 14, all within 8 blocks of the same intersection, all involving non-affiliated victims",
    "Sunday-morning timing is notable: most Milwaukee inter-vehicle shootings cluster in evening hours, suggesting the targeted-vehicle dynamic was retaliatory rather than opportunistic",
    "Marquette's location in downtown Milwaukee places it at the intersection of campus and city jurisdiction questions, the Marquette Wire editorial board's 2025 critique that MUPD 'must do better, promptly inform campus' grew out of incidents like this one"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Shots-fired incident near Marquette University, no injuries (FOX6 Milwaukee)",
      "url": "https://www.fox6now.com/news/shots-fired-incident-near-marquette-university-no-injuries",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Shots fired at 18th and State off Marquette University campus, police say (TMJ4)",
      "url": "https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/shots-fired-at-18th-and-state-off-marquette-university-campus-police-say",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Safety Alerts (Marquette University)",
      "url": "https://www.marquette.edu/university-safety/alerts/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "MUPD Safety Alerts (Marquette University Police Department)",
      "url": "https://www.marquette.edu/mupd/safety-alerts.php",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "EDITORIAL: MUPD must do better, promptly inform campus (Marquette Wire)",
      "url": "https://marquettewire.org/4068730/opinion/editorial-mupd-must-do-better-promptly-inform-campus/",
      "type": "student-newspaper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Safety Alert: March 30, 2025 | 8:38 a.m. (Marquette Today)",
      "url": "https://today.marquette.edu/alert/safety-alert-march-30-2025-838-a-m/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "shooting",
    "shots-fired",
    "drive-by",
    "off-campus",
    "wisconsin",
    "private-r2",
    "marquette",
    "milwaukee",
    "mupd",
    "vehicle-to-vehicle",
    "jesuit",
    "no-injuries",
    "non-affiliated"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-14",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}