{
  "id": "2026-10-20-temple-university-1900-block-n-18th-street-robbery",
  "slug": "temple-university-1900-block-n-18th-street-robbery-2026-10-20",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Temple University",
    "shortName": "Temple",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TUalert",
    "enrollment": 35000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-10-20",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Overnight robbery alert on a nearby block, cleared with an arrest 12 minutes later",
    "headlinePublic": "Overnight robbery alert on a nearby block, cleared with an arrest 12 minutes later",
    "summary": "At 1:26 AM EDT on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, Temple University sent a TUalertEMER message for a [robbery on the 1900 block of N 18th Street](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2112415218378698956), then [cleared the area](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2112418267021135966) 12 minutes later, noting an apprehension.",
    "outcome": "Police cleared the area at 1:38 AM EDT on October 20, 2026, and the all-clear said an apprehension had been made. Injuries were not stated."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-20T01:26:49-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TUalertEMER: Robbery reported on the 1900 block of N 18th Street. Avoid the area. Police are responding.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2112415218378698956",
      "sourceDescription": "@TempleAlert post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-09 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-10-21-temple-university-2100-block-carlisle-street-shots-fired: a robbery on N. 18th St. 39 hours earlier, cleared with an apprehension."
      ],
      "characterCount": 104
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-20T01:38:56-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TUalertEMER: Police have cleared the area on the 1900 block of N. 18th St. (Apprehension made)",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2112418267021135966",
      "sourceDescription": "@TempleAlert post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-09 (X search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. HTML entities decoded; t.co links kept as posted.",
        "The parenthetical \"(Apprehension made)\" is the only outcome detail in the thread.",
        "The initial writes \"N 18th Street\"; the all-clear writes \"N. 18th St.\"; both kept as posted."
      ],
      "characterCount": 94
    }
  ],
  "context": "This was the first of two Temple incident alerts that week; the next afternoon brought a [shots-fired alert on Carlisle St.](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2113000992086110255)",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The all-clear named an apprehension, which most TUalert all-clears do not.",
    "The whole thread ran 12 minutes."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@TempleAlert: robbery, 1900 block of N 18th Street",
      "url": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2112415218378698956",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "@TempleAlert: area cleared, apprehension made",
      "url": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2112418267021135966",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "backfill-2026-10-12",
    "robbery",
    "public-r1",
    "pennsylvania",
    "all-clear",
    "arrest"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-11-09",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-11-09",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}