{
  "id": "2024-09-09-temple-university-shooting",
  "slug": "temple-university-shooting-2024-09-09",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Temple University",
    "shortName": "Temple",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TUalert",
    "enrollment": 35000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-09-09",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Teenager shot and wounded on a campus street; suspect flees into the subway",
    "headlinePublic": "Teenager shot and wounded on a campus street; suspect flees into the subway",
    "summary": "On September 9, 2024, a [15-year-old was shot in the hip](https://temple-news.com/15-year-old-shot-on-temples-campus/) at 1420 Cecil B. Moore Avenue on Temple University's campus at approximately 3:50 PM EDT. Temple's Department of Public Safety confirmed the shooting within minutes and [issued a TUAlert](https://news.temple.edu/announcements/2024-09-09/today-s-incident) warning the community to avoid the area. The suspect, believed to be of similar age, [fled into the Broad Street subway](https://6abc.com/post/15-year-old-shot-injured-temple-university-cecil-moore-avenue-north-philadelphia/15283217/).",
    "outcome": "The 15-year-old victim, unaffiliated with Temple University, was transported to Temple University Hospital and treated for a gunshot wound to the hip. The suspect fled on foot into the Cecil B. Moore subway station and boarded a train. The incident was captured on TUDPS cameras.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 1
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Shortly after 3:50 PM EDT on September 9, 2024; @TempleAlert tweet status 1833233371599933868 corresponds to this period",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TUalertEMER: Shooting reported on the 1400 block of W Cecil B Moore Av. Use caution. Avoid the area. Police are responding.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/1833233371599933868",
      "sourceDescription": "@TempleAlert on X (verbatim TUalertEMER; Av spelling preserved)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact @TempleAlert text; abbreviation \"Av\" (not \"Ave\") preserved as posted",
        "Status ID 1833233371599933868 timestamps to September 9, 2024 afternoon Eastern"
      ],
      "characterCount": 123,
      "timestamp": "2024-09-09T15:57:50-04:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2024-09-09T17:13:59-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "TUalertEMER: Police have cleared the area on the 1400 block of W Cecil B Moore Av.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/1833252535425187921",
      "sourceDescription": "@TempleAlert on X (verbatim all-clear for 1400 W Cecil B Moore Av)",
      "annotations": [
        "All-clear posted ~76 minutes after the initial shooting TUalertEMER"
      ],
      "characterCount": 82
    }
  ],
  "context": "On the afternoon of September 9, 2024, officers from Temple University's Department of Public Safety and the Philadelphia Police Department [responded to a report of gunshots at 1420 Cecil B. Moore Avenue](https://news.temple.edu/announcements/2024-09-09/today-s-incident), on Temple's North Philadelphia campus. They found a 15-year-old male, unaffiliated with Temple, who had been [shot once in the hip](https://temple-news.com/15-year-old-shot-on-temples-campus/). Philadelphia's 22nd District officers transported the victim to Temple University Hospital for treatment. The [incident was captured on TUDPS cameras](https://6abc.com/post/15-year-old-shot-injured-temple-university-cecil-moore-avenue-north-philadelphia/15283217/), which showed the shooter appearing to be a similar age to the victim. Following the shooting, the suspect immediately fled on foot into the subway entrance at Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore, where he boarded a train and left the area. A TUAlert was disseminated within minutes to warn the Temple community. The incident was one of [several shootings near Temple's campus in 2024](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/temple-shooting-north-philadelphia/), underscoring ongoing safety concerns in the surrounding North Philadelphia neighborhood.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "TUAlert was issued within minutes of the shooting confirmation",
    "The suspect fled into the adjacent SEPTA subway system, complicating the police response across jurisdictional boundaries",
    "Neither the victim nor the suspect was affiliated with Temple University, reflecting the campus's integration into the surrounding neighborhood"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Today's incident (Temple Now)",
      "url": "https://news.temple.edu/announcements/2024-09-09/today-s-incident",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "15 year old shot on Temple's campus (The Temple News)",
      "url": "https://temple-news.com/15-year-old-shot-on-temples-campus/",
      "type": "student-newspaper"
    },
    {
      "title": "15-year-old shot, injured near Temple University on Cecil B. Moore Avenue (6abc Philadelphia)",
      "url": "https://6abc.com/post/15-year-old-shot-injured-temple-university-cecil-moore-avenue-north-philadelphia/15283217/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "15-year-old boy shot near Temple University's campus (CBS Philadelphia)",
      "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/temple-shooting-north-philadelphia/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "@TempleAlert TUalertEMER — 1400 W Cecil B Moore Av shooting (X)",
      "url": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/1833233371599933868",
      "type": "official-social"
    },
    {
      "title": "@TempleAlert TUalertEMER — 1400 W Cecil B Moore Av cleared (X)",
      "url": "https://x.com/TempleAlert/status/1833252535425187921",
      "type": "official-social"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "shooting",
    "pennsylvania",
    "philadelphia",
    "juvenile-victim",
    "urban-campus",
    "subway-escape",
    "public-university"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-18",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}