{
  "id": "2026-11-04-temple-university-cecil-b-moore-ave-shooting",
  "slug": "temple-university-cecil-b-moore-ave-shooting-2026-11-04",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Temple University",
    "shortName": "Temple",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TUalert",
    "enrollment": 35000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-11-04",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Evening shooting alert on a nearby avenue block, cleared about an hour and a half later",
    "headlinePublic": "Evening shooting alert on a nearby avenue block, cleared about an hour and a half later",
    "summary": "On the evening of Wednesday, November 4, 2026, Temple University sent a TUalertEMER message for a [shooting on the 1500 block of Cecil B Moore Ave.](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2118147584891990391) and told people to avoid the area, then [posted an area-cleared message](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2118172431185555839) about an hour and a half later.",
    "outcome": "Police cleared the area at 9:43 PM EST on November 4, 2026. Injuries and arrests were not stated in the alerts."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-04T20:05:12-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TUalrtEMER: Shooting reported on the 1500 block of Cecil B Moore Ave. Avoid the area. Police are responding.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2118147584891990391",
      "sourceDescription": "@TempleAlert post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-09 (X full-archive search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. Post time 01:05:12 UTC on November 5 converted to 8:05:12 PM EST on November 4.",
        "The official prefix is misspelled \"TUalrtEMER\" (the usual prefix is \"TUalertEMER\"); the typo is preserved exactly as posted."
      ],
      "characterCount": 108
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-11-04T21:43:55-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TUalertEMER: Police have cleared the area on the 1500 block of Cecil B Moore Ave.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2118172431185555839",
      "sourceDescription": "@TempleAlert post",
      "annotations": [
        "Read twice on 2026-11-09 (X full-archive search, then an independent post-id lookup); the two texts matched. Post time 02:43:55 UTC on November 5 converted to 9:43:55 PM EST on November 4.",
        "Account timeline checked on 2026-11-09 for November 1 to 8: no other @TempleAlert posts for this location."
      ],
      "characterCount": 81
    }
  ],
  "context": "This was the first @TempleAlert incident after [the 1300 block of W. Diamond St. shots-fired alert on November 1, 2026](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2116825148900749805). Both alerts use the same \"Police have cleared the area\" closing wording, and the November 4 initial alert gives location and instruction in three short sentences, with no hazard detail beyond the word \"Shooting\". The second alert [came 98 minutes later](https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2118172431185555839).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The initial alert carries a typo in its own system prefix (\"TUalrtEMER\").",
    "The all-clear came 98 minutes after the initial alert, longer than the roughly hour-long cycles of the prior week's Temple alerts."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@TempleAlert: shooting, 1500 block of Cecil B Moore Ave.",
      "url": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2118147584891990391",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "@TempleAlert: area cleared, 1500 block of Cecil B Moore Ave.",
      "url": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/2118172431185555839",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "fresh-week",
    "shooting",
    "public-r1",
    "all-clear",
    "pennsylvania"
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "dateAdded": "2026-11-09",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-11-09",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}