{
  "id": "2023-04-14-syracuse-university-false-active-shooter-report-at-maxwell-school",
  "slug": "syracuse-university-false-active-shooter-report-at-maxwell-school-2023-04-14",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Syracuse University",
    "shortName": "Syracuse",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "DPS Public Safety Notice",
    "enrollment": 22000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-04-14",
    "type": "swatting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-hoax",
    "headline": "False active shooter report at Maxwell School",
    "headlinePublic": "False active shooter report at Maxwell School",
    "summary": "Syracuse DPS [published a Public Safety Notice](https://dps.syr.edu/2023/04/14/public-safety-informational-notice-false-report-called-in-to-law-enforcement-confirmed-to-be-false). Full text recovered from the official dps.syr.edu archive.",
    "outcome": "See official Syracuse DPS notice page for further updates if any."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Syracuse DPS notice dated 2023-04-14",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Syracuse University Department of Public Safety (DPS) received a FALSE report of a rumored active shooter situation in the Maxwell School. Out of an abundance of caution, DPS officers responded and confirmed this report to be FALSE. Together with our law enforcement partners, we are investigating who is responsible for making this false report. If you have any information, please contact DPS or local police.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://dps.syr.edu/2023/04/14/public-safety-informational-notice-false-report-called-in-to-law-enforcement-confirmed-to-be-false",
      "sourceDescription": "Syracuse DPS public-safety-informational-notice-false-report-called-in-to",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official dps.syr.edu Public Safety Notice archive."
      ],
      "characterCount": 411,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official Syracuse University Department of Public Safety notice at [dps.syr.edu](https://dps.syr.edu/2023/04/14/public-safety-informational-notice-false-report-called-in-to-law-enforcement-confirmed-to-be-false).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete official campus public-safety notice text recovered from DPS archive."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "False active shooter report at Maxwell School",
      "url": "https://dps.syr.edu/2023/04/14/public-safety-informational-notice-false-report-called-in-to-law-enforcement-confirmed-to-be-false",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2023",
    "dps",
    "public-safety-notice",
    "swatting",
    "syracuse"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}