{
  "id": "2026-10-26-southern-university-building-100-shooting-lockdown",
  "slug": "southern-university-building-100-shooting-lockdown-2026-10-26",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Southern University and A&M College",
    "shortName": "Southern",
    "state": "LA",
    "type": "hbcu",
    "enrollment": 7000,
    "alertSystemName": "SU Alert / Jags Safe"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-10-26",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Residence area locked down after a shooting report, then given an all-clear",
    "headlinePublic": "Residence area locked down after a shooting report, then given an all-clear",
    "summary": "On Monday, October 26, 2026, Southern University and A&M College sent an app alert after a shooting in Building 100, part of the University Apartments, and put the residential area on lockdown, according to [WAFB](https://www.wafb.com/2026/10/26/shooting-reported-southern-university-campus/) and [WBRZ](https://www.wbrz.com/news/no-immediate-threat-to-southern-campus-after-reported-shooting-monday-night-university-says). One person was injured. Police later described the shot as accidental, and the lockdown was lifted that night.",
    "outcome": "The lockdown was lifted at 8:20 PM CDT on October 26, 2026. The injured person was reported in stable condition and expected to survive. Two people were later booked; police said the firearm discharged accidentally while a group stood near a car. No one was killed.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 1
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-26T18:22:00-05:00",
      "channel": "push-notification",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wafb.com/2026/10/26/shooting-reported-southern-university-campus/",
      "sourceDescription": "WAFB describing the app alert; WBRZ reported the notice time",
      "annotations": []
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-26T19:13:00-05:00",
      "channel": "unknown",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wbrz.com/news/no-immediate-threat-to-southern-campus-after-reported-shooting-monday-night-university-says",
      "sourceDescription": "WBRZ account of the 7:13 PM CDT campus notice",
      "annotations": []
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-26T20:20:00-05:00",
      "channel": "unknown",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/southern-university-lifts-lockdown/article_fa9cef50-859a-46eb-b240-c3818ecc623b.html",
      "sourceDescription": "The Advocate reporting the lockdown was lifted at 8:20 PM CDT",
      "annotations": []
    },
    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-26T20:40:31-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "An all-clear has been issued for SUBR campus. At approximately 5:35 p.m. today, there was a shooting in the student residential area There was one reported injury. This is believed to be an isolated incident. No further information is available at this time. https://t.co/JpUiKbfcQi",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/SouthernU_BR/status/2114894985019404334",
      "sourceDescription": "@SouthernU_BR post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-02 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "Official X all-clear posted 8:40 PM CDT, 20 minutes after the reported 8:20 PM lift; missing period after \"residential area\" preserved.",
        "Thread checked 2026-11-02: no further @SouthernU_BR posts for this incident."
      ],
      "characterCount": 282
    }
  ],
  "context": "[WBRZ](https://www.wbrz.com/news/no-immediate-threat-to-southern-campus-after-reported-shooting-monday-night-university-says) reported that a notice went out at 6:22 PM CDT on Monday, October 26, 2026 for a shooting in Building 100, which the station identified as part of the University Apartments along Harding Boulevard, and that at 7:13 PM CDT students were still told to remain in their dorms. [WAFB](https://www.wafb.com/2026/10/26/shooting-reported-southern-university-campus/) said the message went through the university app, that one person was taken to a hospital, and that an all-clear followed a temporary residential lockdown. [The Advocate](https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/southern-university-lifts-lockdown/article_fa9cef50-859a-46eb-b240-c3818ecc623b.html) put the lift at 8:20 PM CDT and said Southern police were notified of shots at 5:35 PM CDT. A [later WAFB report](https://www.wafb.com/2026/10/27/2-arrested-after-accidental-shooting-injures-southern-university-student-campus/) said the injured student was stable and that police described an accidental discharge while people stood near a car. The people who were booked are not named here.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The first app notice named Building 100, and a later notice kept a partial dorm lockdown even after saying there was no immediate campus threat.",
    "The all-clear, as reported, came at 8:20 PM CDT, about two hours after the 6:22 PM CDT notice."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "1 injured after reported shooting on Southern's campus; no immediate threat (WAFB)",
      "url": "https://www.wafb.com/2026/10/26/shooting-reported-southern-university-campus/",
      "type": "local-media",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "title": "No immediate threat to Southern campus after reported shooting Monday night, university says (WBRZ)",
      "url": "https://www.wbrz.com/news/no-immediate-threat-to-southern-campus-after-reported-shooting-monday-night-university-says",
      "type": "local-media",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "title": "Southern University lifts lockdown after campus shooting (The Advocate)",
      "url": "https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/southern-university-lifts-lockdown/article_fa9cef50-859a-46eb-b240-c3818ecc623b.html",
      "type": "local-media",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "title": "2 arrested after Southern University student shot on campus in accidental shooting (WAFB)",
      "url": "https://www.wafb.com/2026/10/27/2-arrested-after-accidental-shooting-injures-southern-university-student-campus/",
      "type": "local-media",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-30"
    },
    {
      "title": "@SouthernU_BR: all-clear issued for SUBR campus",
      "url": "https://x.com/SouthernU_BR/status/2114894985019404334",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-02"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "fresh-week",
    "shooting",
    "hbcu",
    "lockdown",
    "louisiana",
    "all-clear"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-30",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-11-02",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}