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  "id": "2023-08-28-university-of-washington-uw-alert-2",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-2-2023-08-28",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-08-28",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Robbery investigation update near UW Seattle campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Robbery investigation update near UW Seattle campus",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published a UW Alert Blog update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2023/08/28/uw-alert-2/) on or about 2023-08-28. 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 2023-08-28",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE at 11:45 a.m.: Seattle police have cleared the area. The investigation remains ongoing, but officers believe there is no current threat related to the reported robbery.\n\n11:29 a.m.: Seattle police are responding to the 4200 block of Roosevelt Way NE after a report that three men robbed a person at gunpoint. One of the men is described as wearing a black shirt and black pants. The second man was described as wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt with yellow writing. No description was immediately available for the third man.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2023/08/28/uw-alert-2/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert Blog",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.uw.edu Alert Blog entry body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 531,
      "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": "UW Alert",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2023/08/28/uw-alert-2/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}