{
  "id": "2024-02-11-syracuse-university-false-active-shooter-reports-at-maxwell-and-eggers",
  "slug": "syracuse-university-false-active-shooter-reports-at-maxwell-and-eggers-2024-02-11",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Syracuse University",
    "shortName": "Syracuse",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Orange Alert / DPS Notice",
    "enrollment": 22000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-02-11",
    "type": "false-report",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-hoax",
    "headline": "False active shooter reports at Maxwell and Eggers Halls",
    "headlinePublic": "False active shooter reports at Maxwell and Eggers Halls",
    "summary": "Syracuse University DPS [published a public safety notice](https://dps.syr.edu/2024/02/11/public-safety-informational-notice-false-report-called-in-to-law-enforcement-/). Full text is preserved from the official DPS page.",
    "outcome": "See official DPS notice for investigation status and safety guidance.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Syracuse University Department of Public Safety (DPS) received a FALSE report of an active shooter at Maxwell Hall and Eggers Hall. We quickly determined this report was false following an immediate review of available video footage and confirmed by swiftly dispatched DPS and Syracuse Police Department (SPD) units. 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/2024/02/11/public-safety-informational-notice-false-report-called-in-to-law-enforcement-/",
      "sourceDescription": "Syracuse University Department of Public Safety notice",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official dps.syr.edu public safety notice HTML."
      ],
      "characterCount": 495,
      "confidence": "high",
      "timestampApprox": "DPS notice dated 2024-02-11"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Syracuse University Department of Public Safety (DPS) received another FALSE report of an active shooter at Maxwell Hall and Eggers Hall at 11:47 a.m. on Monday, February 12. We determined this report to be false following a quick response from DPS and Syracuse Police Department (SPD) units and a thorough review of all available video footage around the area. Together with our law enforcement partners, we are investigating who is responsible for making this false report, as well as the false report we received Sunday evening. If you have any information, please contact DPS or local police.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://dps.syr.edu/2024/02/12/public-safety-informational-notice-about-a-false-active-shooter-report-called/",
      "sourceDescription": "Syracuse University Department of Public Safety notice",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official dps.syr.edu public safety notice HTML."
      ],
      "characterCount": 596,
      "confidence": "high",
      "timestampApprox": "DPS notice dated 2024-02-12"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Syracuse University Department of Public Safety public safety notice series under dps.syr.edu.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official DPS public safety notice preserves campus community warning text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Public Safety Informational Notice: FALSE Report Called in to Law Enforcement, Confirmed to be FALSE",
      "url": "https://dps.syr.edu/2024/02/11/public-safety-informational-notice-false-report-called-in-to-law-enforcement-/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "syracuse",
    "dps",
    "public-safety-notice",
    "false-report"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}