{
  "id": "2023-03-30-university-of-missouri-subject-gun",
  "slug": "university-of-missouri-subject-gun-2023-03-30",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Missouri",
    "shortName": "Mizzou",
    "state": "MO",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MU Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-03-30",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Subject with a gun investigation near Nifong and Buttonwood",
    "headlinePublic": "Subject with a gun investigation near Nifong and Buttonwood",
    "summary": "University of Missouri [published an official alert update](https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2023/03-30-subject-gun) on or about 2023-03-30. Full text is preserved from the official emergency updates archive.",
    "outcome": "See official update page for operational or investigation status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2023-03-30 on the official emergency updates site",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "2:22 p.m. MU Alert - Columbia Police are investigating subject with a gun at or near Nifong and Buttonwood Rd, possibly headed southwest. Urgent! Stay away or leave the area.\n\n2:32 p.m. MU Alert Update: Subject is black male in late teens, with dreadlock style hair wearing a yellow-hooded sweatshirt, puffy black coat and is barefoot. He was last seen heading west toward Providence Road.\n\n2:39 p.m. MU Alert Update: Police continue to work the scene of a subject with a gun near Nifong and Buttonwood Rd. No reported injuries. Stay away from area. Update to follow.\n\n2:46 p.m. MU Alert update: ALL CLEAR. Subject taken into custody. No reported injuries. Campus operating under normal conditions. ALL CLEARMU Alert - Columbia Police are investigating subject with a gun at or near Nifong and Buttonwood Rd, possibly headed southwest. Urgent! Stay away or leave the area.\n\n2:32 p.m. MU Alert Update: Subject is black male in late teens, with dreadlock style hair wearing a yellow-hooded sweatshirt, puffy black coat and is barefoot. He was last seen heading west toward Providence Road.\n\n2:39 p.m. MU Alert Update: Police continue to work the scene of a subject with a gun near Nifong and Buttonwood Rd. No reported injuries. Stay away from area. Update to follow.\n\n2:46 p.m. MU Alert update: ALL CLEAR. Subject taken into custody. No reported injuries. Campus operating under normal conditions. ALL CLEAR",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2023/03-30-subject-gun",
      "sourceDescription": "MU Alert official update",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency updates archive page body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1406,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official MU Alert update archive entry for University of Missouri.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official emergency updates page preserves complete multi-update alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Subject Gun",
      "url": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2023/03-30-subject-gun",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "missouri",
    "mizzou",
    "mu-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}