{
  "id": "2026-11-01-temple-university-broad-cecil-b-moore-large-gathering",
  "slug": "temple-university-broad-cecil-b-moore-large-gathering-2026-11-01",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Temple University",
    "shortName": "Temple",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TUalert",
    "enrollment": 35000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "type": "civil-unrest",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "unfounded",
    "headline": "Large late-night crowd at a main intersection prompts an avoid-the-area alert",
    "headlinePublic": "Large late-night crowd at a main intersection prompts an avoid-the-area alert",
    "summary": "Just after midnight on Sunday, November 1, 2026, Temple University sent a TUalertEMER message about a large gathering at Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue, and [declared the area cleared](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2116785004072079451) about two and a half hours later.",
    "outcome": "Police cleared the intersection by 1:50 AM EST on November 1, 2026 (after the 2:00 AM EDT clock change). No injuries or arrests were stated in the alerts."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-01T00:24:04-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TUalertEMER: Large gathering reported at the intersection of Broad St. and Cecil B. Moore Ave. Please avoid the area. Police on-scene.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2116748080552739211",
      "sourceDescription": "@TempleAlert 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."
      ],
      "characterCount": 134
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-01T01:50:47-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TUalertEMER: Police have cleared the area at the intersecton of Broad St. and Cecil B. Moore Ave.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2116785004072079451",
      "sourceDescription": "@TempleAlert 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 typo \"intersecton\" preserved.",
        "Posted 1:50 AM EST. The local clock fell back from 2:00 AM EDT to 1:00 AM EST at 06:00 UTC, so this is 146 minutes after the 12:24 AM EDT initial.",
        "Thread checked 2026-11-02: no other @TempleAlert posts for this location."
      ],
      "characterCount": 97
    }
  ],
  "context": "The alert came on Halloween night, a few hours before [shots fired on W. Diamond St.](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2116825148900749805) produced another TUalertEMER message. The all-clear [kept the misspelling \"intersecton\"](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2116785004072079451).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A crowd with no reported violence still went out on the emergency channel.",
    "The daylight-saving clock change fell between the two messages, so local times alone understate the gap."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@TempleAlert: large gathering at Broad St. and Cecil B. Moore Ave.",
      "url": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2116748080552739211",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-02"
    },
    {
      "title": "@TempleAlert: area cleared at Broad St. and Cecil B. Moore Ave.",
      "url": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2116785004072079451",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-02"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "fresh-week",
    "civil-unrest",
    "public-r1",
    "all-clear",
    "pennsylvania",
    "halloween"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-11-02",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-11-02",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}