{
  "id": "2026-10-21-temple-university-2100-block-carlisle-street-shots-fired",
  "slug": "temple-university-2100-block-carlisle-street-shots-fired-2026-10-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Temple University",
    "shortName": "Temple",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TUalert",
    "enrollment": 35000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-10-21",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Afternoon shots-fired alert on a nearby block, cleared 20 minutes later",
    "headlinePublic": "Afternoon shots-fired alert on a nearby block, cleared 20 minutes later",
    "summary": "At 4:14 PM EDT on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, Temple University sent a TUalertEMER message for [shots fired on the 2100 block of Carlisle St.](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2113000992086110255), and [cleared the area](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2113005935706726696) 20 minutes later.",
    "outcome": "Police cleared the area at 4:34 PM EDT on October 21, 2026. Injuries and arrests were not stated."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-21T16:14:28-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TUalertEMER: Shots fired reported on the 2100 block of Carlisle St.. Use caution. Avoid the area. Police are responding.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2113000992086110255",
      "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 2026-10-20-temple-university-1900-block-n-18th-street-robbery: that robbery on N. 18th St. was cleared with an apprehension the previous day.",
        "Official double period in \"Carlisle St..\" preserved.",
        "Adds \"Use caution\" to the usual avoid-the-area instruction."
      ],
      "characterCount": 120
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-21T16:34:07-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TUalertEMER: Police have cleared the area on the 2100 block of Carlisle St.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2113005935706726696",
      "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."
      ],
      "characterCount": 75
    }
  ],
  "context": "This came the day after Temple's [N. 18th St. robbery alert](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2112415218378698956).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The alert went out mid-afternoon, when more people were moving around campus than during the overnight alerts that week.",
    "The all-clear came 20 minutes after the initial alert."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@TempleAlert: shots fired, 2100 block of Carlisle St.",
      "url": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2113000992086110255",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "@TempleAlert: area cleared, 2100 block of Carlisle St.",
      "url": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2113005935706726696",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "backfill-2026-10-12",
    "shooting",
    "public-r1",
    "pennsylvania",
    "all-clear"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-11-09",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-11-09",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}