{
  "id": "2023-05-04-university-of-virginia-alden-house-suspicious-package",
  "slug": "university-of-virginia-alden-house-suspicious-package-2023-05-04",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Virginia",
    "shortName": "UVA",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UVA Alerts"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-05-04",
    "type": "suspicious-package",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Suspicious package at Alden House identified with no threat",
    "headlinePublic": "Suspicious package at Alden House identified with no threat",
    "summary": "The University of Virginia issued [4 UVA Emergency Alert(s)](https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive) on 2023-05-04 regarding suspicious package. Verbatim text recovered from the official [UVA Emergency Alert Archive](https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive).",
    "outcome": "UVA Emergency Alerts warned of a suspicious package near Alden House on McCormick Road; police later identified the package with no threat.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "resolution": "unfounded"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2023-05-04T13:09:00-04:00",
      "timestampApprox": "May 4, 2023 - 1:09pm (UVA Emergency Alert Archive)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "UVA Emergency Alert: Suspicious Package in the area of Alden House, 600 block McCormick Rd. Avoid the area.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive",
      "sourceDescription": "UVA Emergency Alert Archive (uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official UVA Emergency Management alert archive.",
        "Live archive recovered via public page; Wayback snapshot recorded for durable citation."
      ],
      "characterCount": 107
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2023-05-04T13:22:00-04:00",
      "timestampApprox": "May 4, 2023 - 1:22pm (UVA Emergency Alert Archive)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "UVA Emergency Alert: Police continue to investigate suspicious package in area of Alden House, 600 block of McCormick Rd. Continue to avoid the area.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive",
      "sourceDescription": "UVA Emergency Alert Archive (uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official UVA Emergency Management alert archive.",
        "Live archive recovered via public page; Wayback snapshot recorded for durable citation."
      ],
      "characterCount": 149
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2023-05-04T13:41:00-04:00",
      "timestampApprox": "May 4, 2023 - 1:41pm (UVA Emergency Alert Archive)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "UVA Emergency Alert: Police continue to investigate suspicious package at Alden House, 600 McCormick RD. Continue to avoid the area and the O-Hill trails.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive",
      "sourceDescription": "UVA Emergency Alert Archive (uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official UVA Emergency Management alert archive.",
        "Live archive recovered via public page; Wayback snapshot recorded for durable citation."
      ],
      "characterCount": 154
    },
    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2023-05-04T14:01:00-04:00",
      "timestampApprox": "May 4, 2023 - 2:01pm (UVA Emergency Alert Archive)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "UVA Emergency Alert: Incident at Alden House, on McCormick is stable. Police remain on scene. Package has been identified, there is no threat. No further update",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive",
      "sourceDescription": "UVA Emergency Alert Archive (uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official UVA Emergency Management alert archive.",
        "Live archive recovered via public page; Wayback snapshot recorded for durable citation."
      ],
      "characterCount": 160
    }
  ],
  "context": "UVA publishes transmitted emergency notifications in its public [Emergency Alert Archive](https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive). On 2023-05-04, the archive records 4 message(s) for this incident. UVA Emergency Alerts warned of a suspicious package near Alden House on McCormick Road; police later identified the package with no threat. Comparable archive-sourced UVA sequences in this collection include the [2022 Grounds shooting alert cascade](https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive) and the [March 2026 Shannon Library bomb-threat case](https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "All alert text transcribed from the official UVA Emergency Alert Archive.",
    "Sequence length: 4 campus-transmitted messages."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UVA Emergency Alert Archive",
      "url": "https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "UVA Emergency Alert Archive (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231210171540/https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "suspicious-package",
    "alden-house",
    "uva",
    "virginia",
    "uva-emergency-archive"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}