{
  "id": "2026-01-06-university-of-virginia-mccormick-gas-leak-shannon-bomb-clear",
  "slug": "university-of-virginia-mccormick-gas-leak-shannon-bomb-clear-2026-01-06",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Virginia",
    "shortName": "UVA",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UVA Alerts"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-01-06",
    "type": "bomb-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Gas leak on McCormick Road; later bomb threat at Shannon cleared",
    "headlinePublic": "Gas leak on McCormick Road; later bomb threat at Shannon cleared",
    "summary": "The University of Virginia issued [2 UVA Emergency Alert(s)](https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive) on 2026-01-06 regarding bomb threat. Verbatim text recovered from the official [UVA Emergency Alert Archive](https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive).",
    "outcome": "UVA issued a gas-leak avoid-the-area alert for the 300 block of McCormick Road, then later an all-clear after a bomb threat at Shannon and Clemons with no device found.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "resolution": "unfounded"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-01-06T01:06:00-05:00",
      "timestampApprox": "January 6, 2026 - 1:06am (UVA Emergency Alert Archive)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "UVA Emergency Alert: Gas Leak in the area of the 300 block of McCormick Road. 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": 93
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-01-06T01:51:00-05:00",
      "timestampApprox": "January 6, 2026 - 1:51am (UVA Emergency Alert Archive)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "UVA Emergency Alert: 1:42 PM: BOMB THREAT cleared. No device found. Shannon and Clemons Libraries are returning to normal operations. You may resume normal activity. No further updates.",
      "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": 185
    }
  ],
  "context": "UVA publishes transmitted emergency notifications in its public [Emergency Alert Archive](https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive). On 2026-01-06, the archive records 2 message(s) for this incident. UVA issued a gas-leak avoid-the-area alert for the 300 block of McCormick Road, then later an all-clear after a bomb threat at Shannon and Clemons with no device found. 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: 2 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/20250619063532/https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "gas-leak",
    "bomb-threat",
    "shannon-library",
    "uva",
    "virginia",
    "uva-emergency-archive"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}