{
  "id": "2014-09-04-penn-college-third-avenue-off-campus-shooting",
  "slug": "penn-college-third-avenue-off-campus-shooting-2014-09-04",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Pennsylvania College of Technology",
    "shortName": "Penn College",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "technical-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Penn College Police Campus Alert / Timely Warning",
    "enrollment": 5000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2014-09-04",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Off-campus shooting north of campus 400 block Third Avenue",
    "headlinePublic": "Off-campus shooting north of campus 400 block Third Avenue",
    "summary": "Pennsylvania College of Technology Police [published a campus alert](https://www.pct.edu/student-life/campus-safety/crime-alerts-and-timely-warnings). Full text recovered.",
    "outcome": "See official alert."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "September 4 at 1:30 a.m.",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Off Campus Shooting\n\nOn Thursday, September 4, at 1:30 a.m., College Police and Williamsport Bureau of Police responded to a shooting north of campus in the 400 block of Third Avenue. A College police officer encountered a shooting victim (non-student) at the intersection of Maynard Street and West 4th Street. He told the officer someone had shot him on Third Avenue.\n\nPolice found evidence of drug activity in the apartment where the shooting occurred. Several students may have been in the area at the time of the incident. Anyone having more information are encourage to contact the Williamsport Bureau of Police at 570-327-7560 or Penn College Police at 570-321-5555. Williamsport Bureau of Police are investigating.\n\nCollege Police would like to remind students to report supicious persons or activity immediately to police by dialing 911.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.pct.edu/student-life/campus-safety/crime-alerts-and-timely-warnings",
      "sourceDescription": "Official PCT crime-alerts and timely-warnings archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official PCT archive."
      ],
      "characterCount": 846,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official PCT archive residual mining (wider b39).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete official alert recovered from PCT public archive."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Crime Alerts and Timely Warnings - PCT",
      "url": "https://www.pct.edu/student-life/campus-safety/crime-alerts-and-timely-warnings",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "technical-college",
    "timely-warning",
    "pennsylvania",
    "wider-reach"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}