{ "id": "2024-11-01-university-of-memphis-road-rage-shooting", "slug": "university-of-memphis-road-rage-shooting-2024-11-01", "institution": { "name": "University of Memphis", "shortName": "UofM", "state": "TN", "type": "public-r1", "alertSystemName": "UofM Alert", "alertPlatform": "Everbridge", "enrollment": 22000 }, "incident": { "date": "2024-11-01", "type": "shooting", "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification", "resolution": "confirmed-threat", "headline": "Predawn shots fired in a road-rage dispute prompt a campus shelter-in-place", "headlinePublic": "Predawn shots fired in a road-rage dispute prompt a campus shelter-in-place", "summary": "On November 1, 2024, in the pre-dawn hours, shots were fired during a road rage dispute near the University of Memphis campus at Highland Street and South Galloway Drive. The university [emailed a shelter-in-place order to students around 5:30 AM CDT](https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/university-of-memphis-under-shelter-in-place-after-shots-fired-during-suspected-road-rage-dispute/article_9cdef296-983a-11ef-a47d-fb9ac3d400bb.html). No injuries were reported. One person was taken into custody while a [second suspect fled toward Highland and Walnut Grove](https://wreg.com/news/local/road-rage-incident-leads-to-shooting-near-uofm-campus-officials/). The shelter-in-place was lifted just after 6:00 AM CDT.", "outcome": "No injuries reported. One person was taken into custody. A second suspect fled the area and was last seen near Highland and Walnut Grove. The shelter-in-place order was lifted just after 6:00 AM CDT.", "casualties": { "killed": 0, "injured": 0 } }, "alerts": [ { "sequence": 1, "type": "initial", "timestampApprox": "Around 5:30 AM CDT on November 1, 2024", "channel": "email", "verbatimText": "Police are on the scene and investigating at lot 21 on Patterson. Shots were fired into the air after an incident occurred. The suspect fled from the area on foot toward campus.", "isVerbatimConfirmed": true, "sourceUrl": "https://wreg.com/news/local/road-rage-incident-leads-to-shooting-near-uofm-campus-officials/", "sourceDescription": "WREG News Channel 3 direct quote of the UofM email alert sent to students around 5:30 AM CDT on November 1, 2024", "annotations": [ "Verbatim text quoted directly by WREG News Channel 3 from the UofM email alert; the article confirms this was sent 'around 5:30 a.m.' and that 'the email continues, instructing students to shelter in place', the shelter-in-place directive followed the quoted portion but was not reproduced verbatim by WREG", "Notably absent from confirmed text: the 'UofM ALERT' salutation prefix and road-rage characterization; WREG quoted 'after an incident occurred,' not 'after a road rage incident', the road-rage description appeared in WREG's own reporting, not the alert itself", "Memphis Police responded just before 2:30 AM CDT on November 1, 2024 to Highland Street and South Galloway Drive; the email alert was sent approximately three hours later, after the suspect had fled on foot" ], "characterCount": 177 }, { "sequence": 2, "type": "all-clear", "timestampApprox": "Shortly after 6:00 AM CDT on November 1, 2024", "channel": "email", "verbatimText": "", "isVerbatimConfirmed": false, "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from WREG and Fox13 Memphis reporting that the shelter-in-place was lifted just after 6 AM", "annotations": [] } ], "context": "In the early morning hours of November 1, 2024, Memphis Police responded to reports of shots fired at Highland Street and South Galloway Drive, just outside the University of Memphis campus. The [shots were fired into the air during a road rage dispute](https://wreg.com/news/local/road-rage-incident-leads-to-shooting-near-uofm-campus-officials/), and no one was injured. The university issued a shelter-in-place order via email to students around 5:30 AM CDT, directing them to remain indoors while police investigated at Lot 21 on Patterson. [The University of Memphis lifted the campus shelter-in-place](https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/university-of-memphis-under-shelter-in-place-after-shots-fired-during-suspected-road-rage-dispute/article_9cdef296-983a-11ef-a47d-fb9ac3d400bb.html) just after 6:00 AM CDT. One person was taken into custody, but a second suspect fled the area and was last seen near [Highland and Walnut Grove](https://www.actionnews5.com/2024/11/01/u-m-lifts-alert-about-shooter-run/). While no injuries resulted, the incident disrupted early morning campus activities and raised ongoing concerns about gun violence in the Highland Street corridor adjacent to campus.", "keyFindings": [ "No injuries resulted from the shooting; the university emailed a shelter-in-place order around 5:30 AM CDT and lifted it just after 6:00 AM CDT", "The incident was a road rage dispute involving non-university individuals, reflecting how off-campus violence affects university operations", "One suspect was taken into custody, but a second suspect remained at large when the shelter-in-place was lifted just after 6:00 AM CDT" ], "sources": [ { "title": "UofM's shelter-in-place lifted after shots fired near campus (Fox13 Memphis)", "url": "https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/university-of-memphis-under-shelter-in-place-after-shots-fired-during-suspected-road-rage-dispute/article_9cdef296-983a-11ef-a47d-fb9ac3d400bb.html", "type": "local-media" }, { "title": "Road rage incident leads to shooting near UofM campus (WREG)", "url": "https://wreg.com/news/local/road-rage-incident-leads-to-shooting-near-uofm-campus-officials/", "type": "local-media" }, { "title": "U of M lifts alert about shooter on the run (Action News 5)", "url": "https://www.actionnews5.com/2024/11/01/u-m-lifts-alert-about-shooter-run/", "type": "local-media" } ], "confidence": "medium", "tags": [ "shooting", "road-rage", "tennessee", "shelter-in-place", "no-injuries", "off-campus", "predawn" ], "dateAdded": "2026-05-02", "lastUpdated": "2026-05-28", "addedBy": "ingestion" }