{
  "id": "2025-01-20-norfolk-state-university-student-center-armed-robbery",
  "slug": "norfolk-state-university-student-center-armed-robbery-2025-01-20",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Norfolk State University",
    "shortName": "NSU",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "hbcu",
    "alertSystemName": "NSU Alerts / Rave",
    "enrollment": 5800
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-01-20",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Armed robbery of non-student near Student Center with handgun suspects",
    "headlinePublic": "Armed robbery of non-student near Student Center with handgun suspects",
    "summary": "NSU [issued an on-campus incident notice for an armed robbery near the Student Center](https://www.nsu.edu/Announcements/Archive).",
    "outcome": "Suspects fled off campus; NPD assisting investigation."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-01-20T13:30:00-05:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Today, a non-student reported that he was walking in the area of the Student Center around 1:30 p.m. when he was approached by two black males between the ages of 16 and 21 who demanded money. Both individuals were armed with handguns and fled on foot off campus. The suspect descriptions are as follows:\n• Suspect 1: Dressed in all-black with a white hoodie underneath, yellow tennis shoes, and black hair.\n• Suspect 2: Dressed in all-black clothing, carrying a light-colored backpack, and black hair.\nThe Norfolk Police Department has been notified and is on the scene, assisting NSU PD with the investigation. If you have any information about this incident, please contact the Norfolk State University Police Department at (757) 823-8102 or the Norfolk Police Department at (757) 664-7000.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.nsu.edu/Announcements/Archive",
      "sourceDescription": "NSU Announcements Archive armed robbery",
      "characterCount": 793,
      "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": "5828faf70413c57d42b7f8da2bd043e79e10dffdf1e559838563e4f8b3707b71"
    }
  ],
  "context": "NSU official public alert channel.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "HBCU official full-text alert capture from public source."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "NSU Announcements Archive armed robbery",
      "url": "https://www.nsu.edu/Announcements/Archive",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-03",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "hbcu",
    "virginia",
    "robbery",
    "norfolk-state"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-03",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}