{
  "id": "2025-05-19-university-of-virginia-self-inflicted-gunshot-investigation",
  "slug": "university-of-virginia-self-inflicted-gunshot-investigation-2025-05-19",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Virginia",
    "shortName": "UVA",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UVA Alerts"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-05-19",
    "type": "shots-fired",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Self-inflicted gunshot investigation with weapon secured",
    "headlinePublic": "Self-inflicted gunshot investigation with weapon secured",
    "summary": "UVA issued an [Emergency Alert](https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive) after police investigated a self-inflicted gunshot wound with the weapon secured.",
    "outcome": "Scene described as stable; weapon secured; identity unknown at time of alert.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 1
    },
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-05-19T23:02:00-04:00",
      "timestampApprox": "May 19, 2025 - 11:02pm (UVA Emergency Alert Archive)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "UVA Emergency Alert: Scene is stable. Police investigating a self inflicted gunshot wound. Weapon secured. Unknown identity.",
      "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."
      ],
      "characterCount": 124
    }
  ],
  "context": "From the public [UVA Emergency Alert Archive](https://uvaemergency.virginia.edu/alert/archive) on 2025-05-19: police investigating a self-inflicted gunshot with weapon secured.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official multi-channel UVA Emergency Alert archive text."
  ],
  "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": [
    "shots-fired",
    "self-inflicted",
    "uva",
    "virginia",
    "uva-emergency-archive"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}