{
  "id": "2025-10-23-university-of-washington-uw-alert",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-2025-10-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-10-23",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Armed man reports resolved after suspect located",
    "headlinePublic": "Armed man reports resolved after suspect located",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published an official alert update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/10/23/uw-alert-17/) on or about 2025-10-23. 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 2025-10-23 on the official emergency updates site",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE 10:15 a.m.: UWPD has found the suspect in connection with earlier reports of an armed man who had been reported at the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health and was believed to have been seen later outside of Schmitz Hall. The man was not armed, but possessed a lighter that resembled a gun.\n\nUPDATE 9:53 a.m.: UWPD are responding after an earlier report of a man having displayed a gun inside the ground floor of the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health. The man, described as in his 50s, possibly unhoused and acting erratically, left the building walking north up 15th Ave. NE. This was followed by a report of an individual at a bus stop outside of Schmitz Hall, possibly with a gun. UWPD is responding and located an individual outside of Schmitz who does not appear to be armed.\n\n9:45 a.m.: UW police are responding to a report of a man with a gun outside of Schmitz Hall. The man was described as being in his 50s.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/10/23/uw-alert-17/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert official update",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency updates archive page body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 937,
      "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": "UW Alert",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/10/23/uw-alert-17/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}