{
  "id": "2025-05-21-university-of-washington-police-in-u-district-arrest-suspect-in-stabbing",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-police-in-u-district-arrest-suspect-in-stabbing-2025-05-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-05-21",
    "type": "assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Police in U-District arrest suspect in stabbing",
    "headlinePublic": "Police in U-District arrest suspect in stabbing",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published an official alert update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/05/21/police-in-u-district-searching-for-suspect-in-stabbing/) on or about 2025-05-21. Full text is preserved from the official emergency updates archive.",
    "outcome": "See official update page for operational or investigation status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2025-05-21 on the official emergency updates site",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE at 6:30 p.m.: A UW Police Department officer spotted a man who fit the description of the stabbing suspect in the 4200 block of Brooklyn Avenue NE at about 5:40 p.m., and the man was arrested without incident.\n\nUPDATE at 6:20 p.m.: Police have arrested a man in connection with the stabbing after a UW Police Department officer saw a man fitting the suspect description at about 5:40 p.m. in the 4200 block of Brooklyn Avenue NE.\n\nUPDATE at 5:02 p.m.: Seattle police continue to search, but have not yet located the stabbing suspect. If seen, call 911. Any further updates will be posted here on the UW Alert blog.\n\nUPDATE at 4:56 p.m.: The victim is being transported to a nearby hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life threatening.\n\nORIGINAL POST: Seattle police are in the University District actively searching for a man who reportedly stabbed someone in the 5200 block of 15th Ave. NE. The man ran southbound and was last seen around University Way NE and NE 47th Street. He is still believed to be moving southbound.\n\nThe man is described as having medium to short hair, wearing a black shirt with white lettering on the back, gray sweatpants and Vans (shoes) with light gray lettering. If seen, please call 911.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/05/21/police-in-u-district-searching-for-suspect-in-stabbing/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert official update",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency updates archive page body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1241,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official UW Alert update archive entry for University of Washington.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official emergency updates page preserves complete multi-update alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Police in U-District arrest suspect in stabbing",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/05/21/police-in-u-district-searching-for-suspect-in-stabbing/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "assault"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}