{
  "id": "2017-10-18-university-of-missouri-active-threat",
  "slug": "university-of-missouri-active-threat-2017-10-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Missouri",
    "shortName": "Mizzou",
    "state": "MO",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MU Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2017-10-18",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Active threat investigation MU Alert campus notice",
    "headlinePublic": "Active threat investigation MU Alert campus notice",
    "summary": "University of Missouri [published an official alert](https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2017/10-18-active-threat) on or about 2017-10-18. Full text is preserved from the official archive.",
    "outcome": "See official notice for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2017-10-18",
      "verbatimText": "Oct. 18, 2017\n\n12:53 p.m.\n\nLaw enforcment has located the subject involved off campus. The subject is safe and there is no further threat to campus.\n\n12:44 p.m.\n\nIn an abundance of caution and as the search for the subject has become prolonged, it is recommended the campus community do one of the following:\n\n- If you are on campus, shelter in place.\n\n- If you are not on campus, avoid campus.\n\n12:26 p.m.\n\nUnless you have an emergency, please do not call MUPD as they are working hard to confirm facts and maintain the safety of the campus.\n\n12:23 p.m.\n\nMUPD recommends that all campus community avoid the White campus area, if at all possible.\n\n12:21 p.m.\n\nLocal law enforcement continues to search for the subject involved in the White Campus area.\n\n12:08 p.m.\n\nLast information received, the subject was believed to be in the White Campus area.\n\nSubject involved is further described as mid to late-twenties, black female, black Mizzou hoodie with gold lettering, grey undershirt, flip flops. 5 foot 4 inch, 120 lbs.\n\nColumbia Police and MUPD are actively searching for the subject involved.\n\n11:38 a.m.\n\nSubject is possibly near Memorial Union.\n\n11:30 a.m.\n\nColumbia police are investigating a suicidal female subject who is reported to have a handgun and was last seen walking east on Locust Street from Hitt Street. Subject is described as black female wearing a Mizzou hoodie and brown pants and wearing flip flops. It is possible she was last seen in the area of the MU Chemistry building.\n\nThis is the official University of Missouri emergency alert website. Whenever an emergency occurs that affects the university community, this website will be updated as quickly as possible with the most current, confirmed information. Please check here for official information. So that phone systems do not become overloaded, please do not call MUPD as they are working hard to confirm facts and maintain the safety of the campus. We are in touch with them as they work through the process and will update this website as quickly as information is received and confirmed.\n\nPlease do not distribute unconfirmed information or rumors or post or pass along rumors on social media outlets. Safety is the university's top priority, and we are working hard to assure that the campus remains safe while information is obtained and confirmed.\n\nStudents, please call your parents to assure them that you are safe. Thank you.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2017/10-18-active-threat",
      "sourceDescription": "MU Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official institutional alert archive page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 2417,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official MU Alert archive entry.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official archive page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Active Threat",
      "url": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2017/10-18-active-threat",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "missouri",
    "mizzou",
    "mu-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}