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  "id": "2024-07-01-university-of-cincinnati-shooting",
  "slug": "university-of-cincinnati-shooting-2024-07-01",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Cincinnati",
    "shortName": "UC",
    "state": "OH",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UC Alert",
    "enrollment": 47914
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-07-01",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Five people shot, three fatally, during an attempted robbery near campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Five people shot, three fatally, during an attempted robbery near campus",
    "summary": "In the early morning hours of July 1, 2024, [five people were shot, three fatally, at the intersection of Highland and East University avenues](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2024/07/01/cincinnati-fatal-shooting-near-university/a0b36806-379c-11ef-93fe-36cbc6f6ab36_story.html) near the University of Cincinnati campus. Police patrolling the area heard gunfire around 2:50 AM EDT. Police say a [father-son pair attempting an armed robbery exchanged gunfire with their intended victims](https://www.fox19.com/2024/07/02/3-men-shot-killed-near-ucs-campus-identified-by-coroners-office/), resulting in three deaths (including the two alleged robbers) and two additional injuries.",
    "outcome": "Three people died in the incident. Shawn McDaniel Sr. (44) and Shawn McDaniel Jr. (22) -- the father-son pair police say were attempting the armed robbery -- were killed in the exchange of gunfire with their intended victims; Laurenz Nixon (21), an uninvolved third-party victim, was also killed. Consistent with this archive's convention of not counting perpetrators among casualty victims, `casualties.killed` below counts only Nixon. Two other individuals were injured and taken to area hospitals. A suspect was taken into custody at the scene. Two additional suspects were later identified by Cincinnati Police.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 1,
      "injured": 2
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-07-01T02:54:50-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "UC Emergency- Police responding to emergency reported on Highland/E University. If safe, stay at your location. Be observant/take action as needed.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/1807669175453729170",
      "sourceDescription": "@UCPublicSafety on X (verbatim)",
      "annotations": [
        "Verified complete alert text on https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/1807669175453729170; archiveUrl null.",
        "Official same-day cascade from @UCPublicSafety."
      ],
      "characterCount": 147,
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "lastUpdated": "2026-07-18"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-07-01T02:55:00-04:00",
      "channel": "push-notification",
      "verbatimText": "UC Emergency - Police responding to emergency reported on Highland/ E University. If safe, stay at your location. Be observant/take action as needed. More info soon",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.fox19.com/2024/07/01/police-5-shot-double-fatal-shooting-near-uc/",
      "sourceDescription": "Fox19 (quoting the UC Emergency alert verbatim)",
      "annotations": [
        "Quoted verbatim by Fox19 from the UC Alert sent at approximately 2:55 AM EDT",
        "Officers patrolling the area heard gunfire at approximately 2:50 AM EDT near the Highland Coffee House",
        "The alert was sent approximately five minutes after the initial shots were heard"
      ],
      "characterCount": 164
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2024-07-01T03:12:00-04:00",
      "channel": "push-notification",
      "verbatimText": "UC Emergency- Police on scene of shooting at Highland/ E University. If safe, stay at your location. Be observant / take action as needed. More info soon",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.fox19.com/2024/07/01/police-5-shot-double-fatal-shooting-near-uc/",
      "sourceDescription": "Fox19 (quoting the second UC Emergency alert verbatim)",
      "annotations": [
        "Quoted verbatim by Fox19 from the second UC Alert sent at approximately 3:12 AM EDT, upgrading the 2:55 AM EDT on July 1, 2024 'emergency' to a confirmed shooting; the 'UC Emergency-' prefix lacks a space before 'Police' exactly as transmitted",
        "By this time, officers had confirmed multiple victims at the intersection"
      ],
      "characterCount": 153
    },
    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2024-07-01T03:12:04-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "UC Emergency- Police on scene of shooting at Highland/ E University. If safe, stay at your location. Be observant / take action as needed. More info soon.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/1807673509654511721",
      "sourceDescription": "@UCPublicSafety on X (verbatim)",
      "annotations": [
        "Verified complete alert text on https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/1807673509654511721; archiveUrl null.",
        "Official same-day cascade from @UCPublicSafety."
      ],
      "characterCount": 154,
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "lastUpdated": "2026-07-18"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 5,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2024-07-01T03:52:00-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "UC Emergency:ALL CLEAR Officers responded to Highland/ E University for a shooting. Suspect in custody and police will maintain heavy presence.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/1807683422891950180",
      "sourceDescription": "@UCPublicSafety on X (verbatim raw t.co)",
      "annotations": [
        "Quoted verbatim from the official @UCPublicSafety X post and Fox19; the all-clear was sent at approximately 3:52 AM EDT",
        "The all-clear came approximately one hour after the shooting",
        "One suspect was in custody at the scene; two additional suspects were identified in September 2024"
      ],
      "characterCount": 143
    }
  ],
  "context": "In the early morning hours of July 1, 2024, officers patrolling near the University of Cincinnati heard [multiple gunshots at approximately 2:50 AM EDT at the intersection of Highland and East University avenues](https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/corryville/police-5-shot-2-dead-near-university-of-cincinnatis-campus) in the Corryville neighborhood, near the Highland Coffee House. Three people were killed and two others were injured. The Hamilton County Coroner's Office identified the deceased as Shawn McDaniel Sr. (44), Shawn McDaniel Jr. (22), and Laurenz Nixon (21). According to investigators, the [father-son pair were attempting an armed robbery](https://www.fox19.com/2024/07/02/3-men-shot-killed-near-ucs-campus-identified-by-coroners-office/) when gunfire was exchanged between the suspects and the victims. UC sent the first alert at approximately 2:55 AM EDT, followed by a shooting confirmation at 3:12 AM EDT, and an all-clear at 3:52 AM EDT. In September 2024, [Cincinnati Police identified two suspects](https://www.fox19.com/2024/09/05/cpd-identifies-2-suspects-triple-fatal-shooting-near-ucs-campus/) in the triple fatal shooting. The incident occurred in an area adjacent to campus that had seen increasing safety concerns; the intersection lies immediately adjacent to and accessible from UC's Uptown campus, which supports treating it as Clery-reportable geography for timely-warning/emergency-notification purposes even though the shooting itself did not occur on university-owned property.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The first UC Alert was sent approximately five minutes after officers heard gunfire",
    "The shooting stemmed from an armed robbery attempt that resulted in an exchange of gunfire",
    "Three people died in the incident; this record's casualties.killed counts only the third-party victim (1), excluding the father-son pair who died as the alleged perpetrators in the exchange of gunfire",
    "The all-clear was issued approximately one hour after the shooting"
  ],
  "responseTimeMinutes": 5,
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Coroner identifies 3 shot, killed near University of Cincinnati (WCPO)",
      "url": "https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/corryville/police-5-shot-2-dead-near-university-of-cincinnatis-campus",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "3 killed and 2 injured in shooting near University of Cincinnati campus (Washington Post)",
      "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2024/07/01/cincinnati-fatal-shooting-near-university/a0b36806-379c-11ef-93fe-36cbc6f6ab36_story.html",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Father, son among 3 people killed in shooting near UC's campus (Fox19)",
      "url": "https://www.fox19.com/2024/07/02/3-men-shot-killed-near-ucs-campus-identified-by-coroners-office/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "CPD identifies 2 suspects in triple fatal shooting near UC's campus (Fox19)",
      "url": "https://www.fox19.com/2024/09/05/cpd-identifies-2-suspects-triple-fatal-shooting-near-ucs-campus/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "UC Public Safety all-clear — @UCPublicSafety X post (status 1807683422891950180)",
      "url": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/1807683422891950180",
      "type": "official-social"
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      "url": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/1807669175453729170",
      "accessedDate": "2026-07-18"
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      "accessedDate": "2026-07-18"
    },
    {
      "title": "Fox19 (quoting the UC Emergency alert verbatim)",
      "url": "https://www.fox19.com/2024/07/01/police-5-shot-double-fatal-shooting-near-uc/",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "shooting",
    "fatality",
    "ohio",
    "off-campus",
    "robbery",
    "multiple-victims",
    "public-university"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-18",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
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