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  "id": "2016-04-15-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-emergency-the-university-has-activated-t",
  "slug": "university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-emergency-the-university-has-activated-t-2016-04-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill",
    "shortName": "UNC-Chapel Hill",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Alert Carolina",
    "enrollment": 32000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2016-04-15",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "ongoing",
    "headline": "Sirens activated over an armed-person report near campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Sirens activated over an armed-person report near campus",
    "summary": "Alert Carolina published [this notice](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2016/04/15/emergency-the-university-has-activated-the-sirens-police-report-an-armed-and-dangerous-person-on-or-near-campus).",
    "outcome": "See Alert Carolina for full text and status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2016-04-15 (Alert Carolina)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Emergency: The University has activated the sirens. Police report an ARMED AND DANGEROUS PERSON ON OR NEAR CAMPUS.\n\nGo inside immediately.\nClose windows and doors.\nStay until further notice.\nFollow directions from emergency responders or University officials.\n\nThe sirens are activated when there is a significant emergency or immediate health or safety threat to the campus community. When the sirens sound, stop classroom and campus activities; all UNC operations are temporarily suspended. Remain inside your classroom or a safe place in your building unless police or University personnel instruct you to take a specific action, such as to evacuate a building, stay out of a certain part of campus, or go to your residence hall and stay there.\n\nThe Alert Carolina website, alertcarolina.unc.edu, will be updated as soon as more information is available. It can take hours to resolve an emergency situation; updates may not be immediate.\n\nYou can let your family know you are okay in the event of an emergency affecting the Carolina campus while keeping cell phone lines open for emergency calls by using the American Red Cross Safe and Well list. The Safe and Well list is especially helpful in communicating with family members who are outside the emergency area. Go to www.redcross.org/safeandwell and follow the registration instructions.\n\nIf you see suspicious activity, call 911. But do not call 911 or the Department of Public Safety just to ask for information about the current incident. Police phone lines need to remain open for emergency communications.\n\nWhen the threat is over, the sirens will sound again with a different tone to announce along with the voice message: “All clear. Resume normal activities.” Click here for an audio sample of the siren emergency tone. Click here to hear “all clear.”\n\nWhen the sirens are activated – and when there is an “all clear” — the University also sends a text message to the cell phone numbers registered by students, faculty and staff in the online campus directory. The University also communicates about an emergency using sources including:  campus-wide email and voice mail (for campus land lines), the Adverse Weather and Emergency Phone Line, 843-1234, for recorded information, and the University Access Channel (Chapel Hill Time Warner Cable Channel 4) along with other campus television channels.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2016/04/15/emergency-the-university-has-activated-the-sirens-police-report-an-armed-and-dangerous-person-on-or-near-campus",
      "sourceDescription": "Alert Carolina official archive",
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        "Complete text from alertcarolina.unc.edu"
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    }
  ],
  "context": "Official full text from [Alert Carolina](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2016/04/15/emergency-the-university-has-activated-the-sirens-police-report-an-armed-and-dangerous-person-on-or-near-campus).",
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      "url": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2016/04/15/emergency-the-university-has-activated-the-sirens-police-report-an-armed-and-dangerous-person-on-or-near-campus",
      "type": "official-archive"
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    {
      "title": "Alert Carolina home",
      "url": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/",
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    },
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      "title": "@AlertCarolina on X",
      "url": "https://x.com/AlertCarolina",
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
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