{
  "id": "2026-09-14-university-of-pennsylvania-4000-baltimore-person-with-weapon",
  "slug": "university-of-pennsylvania-4000-baltimore-person-with-weapon-2026-09-14",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Pennsylvania",
    "shortName": "Penn",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UPennAlert",
    "enrollment": 28000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-09-14",
    "type": "armed-person",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Person with a weapon on the 4000 block of Baltimore",
    "headlinePublic": "Person with a weapon on the 4000 block of Baltimore",
    "summary": "Penn [UPennAlert warned of a person with a weapon on the 4000 block of Baltimore Avenue](https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/person-with-weapon/) after a suspect pointed a handgun at a security officer and fled westbound from 40th and Baltimore.",
    "outcome": "Archive page marks the alert no longer active. No all-clear SMS is posted on that page."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-14T20:24:00-04:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "UPennAlert: PERSON WITH A WEAPON\nLOOKING FOR A BLACK MALE, LIGHT COMPLEXION, 5’10, THIN BUILT, WEARING A WHITE SHIRT, BLACK PANTS, GREY NEW BALANCE SNEAKERS, BLACK/GREY BACKPACK -NIKE\nLAST SEEN ON FOOT GOING WESTBOUND FROM 40TH/BALTIMORE AVENUE.\nUSE CAUTION. See www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa for details.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/person-with-weapon/",
      "sourceDescription": "UPennAlert archive: person with a weapon, 4000 Baltimore",
      "annotations": [
        "Official UPennAlert archive 2026-09-20. sha256 d0ce1d4f8cc8b2676132266e14ae628bb0e8e3d45079c775e9f5e2e52c895795. SMS block transcribed from the archive page. Official THIN BUILT, GREY, BACKPACK -NIKE, and 5'10 curly apostrophe preserved.",
        "Website narrative on the same page is a separate prose posting and was not flattened into this SMS product.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-04-25-university-of-pennsylvania-sansom-shooting-alert: different date and Baltimore Avenue vs 40th and Sansom."
      ],
      "characterCount": 306
    }
  ],
  "context": "Penn posts UPennAlert products on the [publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive](https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/person-with-weapon/) board. The live 24-hour board historically 403s automated clients; this archive page is the recoverable official posting. Date of Alert on the page: September 14, 2026 8:24 pm.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "SMS UPennAlert for a person with a weapon, last seen westbound from 40th and Baltimore."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UPennAlert archive: person with a weapon, 4000 Baltimore",
      "url": "https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/person-with-weapon/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-20",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r1",
    "pennsylvania",
    "penn",
    "upennalert",
    "ivy",
    "fresh-week",
    "armed-person"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-09-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}