{
  "id": "2025-11-13-university-of-mary-washington-william-street-shooting",
  "slug": "university-of-mary-washington-william-street-shooting-2025-11-13",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Mary Washington",
    "shortName": "UMW",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "public-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "EagleAlert",
    "enrollment": 4000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-11-13",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Shots fired two blocks from campus wound two; shelter-in-place issued",
    "headlinePublic": "Shots fired two blocks from campus wound two; shelter-in-place issued",
    "summary": "On the evening of November 13, 2025, the Fredericksburg E-911 Center received a [report of shots fired in the 800 block of William Street](https://www.umw.edu/police/2025/11/13/timely-warning-november-13-2025/), just off the University of Mary Washington's Fredericksburg campus. Police located [two shooting victims who were hospitalized in stable condition](https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/shooting-threat-university-of-mary-washington/65-156110cf-461f-4a61-8a3a-199ea694eb09), and UMW issued a shelter-in-place while the incident (later found to be isolated and involving parties known to one another) was investigated.",
    "outcome": "Two victims were hospitalized in stable condition. The Fredericksburg Police Department identified an involved party and determined the shooting was an isolated incident among people who knew each other; a suspect was reported arrested after the shelter-in-place was lifted.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 2
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Approximately 8:00 PM EST on November 13, 2025, shortly after the 7:54 PM EST report of shots fired",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "Police are investigating an incident on William St. Fredericksburg Police have issued a shelter in place at which includes the Fredericksburg Campus. Police are actively investigating an incident on William St. Buildings on campus with automated access systems have been locked. Card access continues. Residential students should stay in their residence halls.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.umw.edu/police/2025/11/13/timely-warning-november-13-2025/",
      "sourceDescription": "UMW Police Department 'Timely Warning - November 13, 2025' notice, which reproduces the EagleAlert shelter-in-place text verbatim",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim shelter-in-place wording as published in the official UMW Police timely-warning notice; the garbled phrase 'issued a shelter in place at which includes' is preserved as written.",
        "Classified as emergency-notification, not timely-warning, because an active shelter-in-place for an ongoing investigation is an immediate-threat notice even though UMW's web post used 'Timely Warning' as its headline.",
        "The 7:54 p.m. EST report time is from the UMW Police account; Fredericksburg, Virginia observes Eastern time."
      ],
      "characterCount": 360
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "Later the evening of November 13, 2025, after a suspect was located",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from WUSA9 report that the shelter-in-place was lifted and a suspect arrested",
      "annotations": []
    }
  ],
  "context": "On November 13, 2025 at 7:54 p.m. EST, the Fredericksburg E-911 Center received a [report of shots fired in the 800 block of William Street](https://www.umw.edu/police/2025/11/13/timely-warning-november-13-2025/), adjacent to the University of Mary Washington's Fredericksburg campus. The university issued a shelter-in-place under a Fredericksburg Police advisory, locking buildings with automated access and instructing residential students to stay in their halls. Police located one victim at the scene and identified a second during the investigation; [both were hospitalized in stable condition](https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/shooting-near-mary-washington-nov-3-2025). UMW Police described an involved party as a Black male wearing no shirt and gray joggers, and preliminary findings indicated an isolated incident among parties who knew one another. [WUSA9 reported](https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/shooting-threat-university-of-mary-washington/65-156110cf-461f-4a61-8a3a-199ea694eb09) the shelter-in-place was lifted and a suspect arrested. The case illustrates the recurring Clery challenge for compact urban campuses whose student-risk geography extends one or two blocks into the surrounding city.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "UMW headlined its web notice 'Timely Warning' even though the active shelter-in-place functioned as an emergency notification of immediate threat",
    "Two victims were hospitalized in stable condition; the perpetrator is not counted among casualties",
    "Police found the shooting was isolated and involved people who knew each other, narrowing the campus-wide threat",
    "The incident occurred two blocks off campus on William Street, showing how off-campus gunfire still triggers full campus shelter protocols"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Timely Warning - November 13, 2025 - UMW Police",
      "url": "https://www.umw.edu/police/2025/11/13/timely-warning-november-13-2025/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Shelter in place lifted, suspect arrested after reported threat at University of Mary Washington - WUSA9",
      "url": "https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/shooting-threat-university-of-mary-washington/65-156110cf-461f-4a61-8a3a-199ea694eb09",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "2 injured in shooting near University of Mary Washington - WTVR",
      "url": "https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/shooting-near-mary-washington-nov-3-2025",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "shooting",
    "emergency-notification",
    "virginia",
    "shelter-in-place",
    "off-campus",
    "fredericksburg"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-28",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}