{
  "id": "2024-10-21-norfolk-state-university-madison-avenue-shots-fired",
  "slug": "norfolk-state-university-madison-avenue-shots-fired-2024-10-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Norfolk State University",
    "shortName": "NSU",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "hbcu",
    "alertSystemName": "NSU Alerts / Rave",
    "enrollment": 5800
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-10-21",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Off-campus Madison Avenue shooting victim report in Spartan Village area",
    "headlinePublic": "Off-campus Madison Avenue shooting victim report in Spartan Village area",
    "summary": "NSU [reported an off-campus shooting victim in the 1600 block of Madison Avenue](https://www.nsu.edu/Announcements/Archive), then [declared the area all clear](https://www.nsu.edu/Announcements/Archive).",
    "outcome": "Suspects fled; campus all clear; NPD investigation continues."
  },
  "alerts": [
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-10-21T22:43:00-04:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "At approximately 10 p.m. tonight, the Norfolk State University Police Department, in collaboration with the Norfolk Police Department, responded to a report of a shooting victim in the 1600 block of Madison Avenue. This is an off-campus incident in the Spartan Village community and the investigation is ongoing. No further details are available at this time. Please avoid the area.\n\nIf you have any information, please contact NPD at (757) 664-7000 or NSUPD at (757) 823-8102.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nsu.edu/Announcements/Archive",
      "sourceDescription": "NSU Archive Madison shots",
      "characterCount": 477,
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent browse of official NSU Announcements Archive 2026-08-03; second blind text match.",
        "SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523)."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2024-10-22T01:52:00-04:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "NSUPD Officers and NPD Officers discovered that the suspects have fled the off-campus area. No injuries to any persons were noted. The area is declared safe at this time. We ask that students continue to exercise caution when traveling near the location.\n\nThe Norfolk Police Department is continuing its investigation into the off campus shooting on Madison Avenue. The campus is currently all clear.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nsu.edu/Announcements/Archive",
      "sourceDescription": "NSU Archive Madison all-clear",
      "characterCount": 400,
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent browse of official NSU Announcements Archive 2026-08-03; second blind text match.",
        "SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523)."
      ],
      "textSha256": "5994ec4000b95cebb4ef3cfcf6821b000a228eaced25132715d8607e27c30339"
    }
  ],
  "context": "NSU official public alert channel.",
  "keyFindings": [
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  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "NSU Archive Madison shots",
      "url": "https://www.nsu.edu/Announcements/Archive",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-03",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    },
    {
      "title": "NSU Archive Madison all-clear",
      "url": "https://www.nsu.edu/Announcements/Archive",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-03",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "hbcu",
    "virginia",
    "shooting",
    "norfolk-state",
    "off-campus"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-03",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}