{
  "id": "2021-12-02-university-of-washington-confirming-false-report-of-an-active-shooter-on-ca",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-confirming-false-report-of-an-active-shooter-on-ca-2021-12-02",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-12-02",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Confirming false report of an active shooter on campus Thursday",
    "headlinePublic": "Confirming false report of an active shooter on campus Thursday",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published a UW Alert Blog update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/12/02/confirming-false-report-of-an-active-shooter-on-campus-thursday/) on or about 2021-12-02. Full text is preserved from the official emergency blog.",
    "outcome": "See official update page for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2021-12-02",
      "verbatimText": "Around 1 p.m. Thursday, UWPD began receiving calls regarding an individual yelling that there was an active shooter on the Seattle campus. There is no active shooter on campus. The individual reportedly yelled this in Savery Hall and moved toward the HUB. UW police contacted the individual and confirmed that the claims were false and that there was no active shooter.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/12/02/confirming-false-report-of-an-active-shooter-on-campus-thursday/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert Blog",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.uw.edu Alert Blog entry body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 369,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Washington UW Alert Blog multi-update emergency archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Alert Blog page preserves complete multi-update alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Confirming false report of an active shooter on campus Thursday",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/12/02/confirming-false-report-of-an-active-shooter-on-campus-thursday/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}