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  "id": "2020-10-30-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-acc-armed-shelter",
  "slug": "university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-acc-armed-shelter-2020-10-30",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill",
    "shortName": "UNC-Chapel Hill",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Alert Carolina",
    "enrollment": 32000
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  "incident": {
    "date": "2020-10-30",
    "type": "armed-person",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Armed person near medical center; shelter-in-place",
    "headlinePublic": "Armed person near medical center; shelter-in-place",
    "summary": "UNC [issued an emergency notice of an armed individual near the Ambulatory Care Center with shelter-in-place instructions](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2020/10/30/armed-individual-near-ambulatory-care-center-shelter-in-place-immediately/).",
    "outcome": "Shelter-in-place emergency notification.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2020-10-30 (Alert Carolina)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "UNC Police are responding to an armed individual near the Ambulatory Care Center.\n\nUniversity police are advising all students, faculty and staff to:\n\n– Go inside immediately.\n\n– Close windows and doors.\n\n– Stay until further notice.\n\n– Follow directions from emergency responders or University officials.\n\nThe University will provide the most recent information on alertcarolina.unc.edu and the UNC official social media accounts. If you are directed by police or University personnel to take specific action, please comply immediately.\n\nIf you see suspicious activity, call 911 immediately. Please visit alertcarolina.unc.edu for the most recent information and keep police phone lines open for emergency calls only.\n\nThe University will notify the campus community when there is no longer a threat to campus by sounding the All Clear sirens, as well as sending out a University-wide email and text message to registered cell phone users. For more information, please visit alertcarolina.unc.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2020/10/30/armed-individual-near-ambulatory-care-center-shelter-in-place-immediately/",
      "sourceDescription": "Alert Carolina official archive",
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    }
  ],
  "context": "Official full text from [Alert Carolina](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2020/10/30/armed-individual-near-ambulatory-care-center-shelter-in-place-immediately/).",
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
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