{
  "id": "2026-08-18-saint-louis-university-grand-chouteau-shots-fired",
  "slug": "saint-louis-university-grand-chouteau-shots-fired-2026-08-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Saint Louis University",
    "shortName": "SLU",
    "state": "MO",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SLU Alert",
    "enrollment": 15000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-18",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Shots fired near Grand and Chouteau, avoid the area",
    "headlinePublic": "Shots fired near Grand and Chouteau, avoid the area",
    "summary": "The [shots-fired post](https://x.com/SLUSafety/status/2089680262493831650) says to avoid Grand and Chouteau after a report of shots fired.",
    "outcome": "The confirmed post tells people to avoid Grand and Chouteau."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "SLU ALERT: (Urgent) A report of shots fied in the area of Grand and Chouteau. Avoid the area-more information to follow.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/SLUSafety/status/2089680262493831650",
      "sourceDescription": "Official post, byte-agreed by two independent reads",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads byte-agreed, sha256 c98973ceb80add0a8f6ff047e24098f419aa40f79e121d58a2494f59ec513a49.",
        "Thread checked 2026-10-12: no further posts from @SLUSafety for this incident. single-post incident."
      ],
      "characterCount": 120,
      "timestamp": "2026-08-18T06:46:13-05:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "The [shots-fired post](https://x.com/SLUSafety/status/2089680262493831650) is the agreed text. It was posted by [@SLUSafety](https://x.com/SLUSafety).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A report of shots fired near Grand and Chouteau came with an instruction to avoid the area."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@SLUSafety Grand and Chouteau",
      "url": "https://x.com/SLUSafety/status/2089680262493831650",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at 05:02Z. The one in-flight save that hour returned HTTP 523 and was not healthy, so this URL was not separately saved."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "shooting",
    "private-r1",
    "2026"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-12",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}