{
  "id": "2024-07-03-university-of-missouri-providence-road-armed-subject",
  "slug": "university-of-missouri-providence-road-armed-subject-2024-07-03",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Missouri",
    "shortName": "MU",
    "state": "MO",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MU Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-07-03",
    "type": "armed-person",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "MU Alert for dangerous situation with possible armed subject near Providence Road",
    "headlinePublic": "MU Alert for dangerous situation with possible armed subject near Providence Road",
    "summary": "On July 3, 2024, [MU Alert](https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2024/07-04-police-investigate-dangerous-situation-july-3) warned of a dangerous situation with a possible armed subject near the 1100 block of Providence Road, then issued updates and an all-clear; the archive is listed under [2024 updates](https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2024).",
    "outcome": "Police cleared the area; all-clear issued at 11:46 p.m."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-07-03T23:11:00-05:00",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "11:11 p.m. - MU Alert - Police are investigating a dangerous situation near the 1100 block of Providence Road with a possible armed subject. Urgent. Stay away or leave the area.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2024/07-04-police-investigate-dangerous-situation-july-3",
      "sourceDescription": "MU Alert archive (mualert.missouri.edu)",
      "annotations": [
        "Timestamped MU Alert transmission from official archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 177
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2024-07-03T23:29:00-05:00",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "11:29 p.m. - MU Alert Update: Police continue to investigate. Stay away from the area of South Providence near Mick Deaver Memorial Drive.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2024/07-04-police-investigate-dangerous-situation-july-3",
      "sourceDescription": "MU Alert archive (mualert.missouri.edu)",
      "annotations": [
        "Timestamped MU Alert update from official archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 138
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2024-07-03T23:46:00-05:00",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "11:46 p.m. - MU Alert Update: ALL CLEAR. Urgent. Police have cleared the area. All clear.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2024/07-04-police-investigate-dangerous-situation-july-3",
      "sourceDescription": "MU Alert archive (mualert.missouri.edu)",
      "annotations": [
        "Timestamped MU Alert all-clear from official archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 89
    }
  ],
  "context": "The University of Missouri publishes emergency transmissions on the official [MU Alert](https://mualert.missouri.edu/) site with a multi-year [updates archive](https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates). The July 3, 2024 Providence Road sequence is recovered from the [archive page](https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2024/07-04-police-investigate-dangerous-situation-july-3).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Three-message avoid-area to all-clear sequence in 35 minutes",
    "Possible armed subject language with urgent stay-away guidance"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "MU Alert: Police investigate dangerous situation July 3",
      "url": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2024/07-04-police-investigate-dangerous-situation-july-3",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-21"
    },
    {
      "title": "MU Alert updates 2024",
      "url": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2024",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-21"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "armed-person",
    "mu-alert",
    "missouri",
    "2024"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}