{
  "id": "2025-05-31-university-of-washington-uw-alert-armed-robbery",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-armed-robbery-2025-05-31",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-05-31",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Armed robbery near 45th and Brooklyn in U-District",
    "headlinePublic": "Armed robbery near 45th and Brooklyn in U-District",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published an official alert update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/05/31/uw-alert-armed-robbery/) on or about 2025-05-31. 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 2025-05-31 on the official emergency updates site",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE at 12:05 a.m.: Suspect in armed robbery at 45th Avenue NE and Brooklyn Avenue NE has not yet been located. If seen, call 911. Any additional updates will be posted on the UW Alert blog.\n\n11:40 p.m.: Police are responding after an armed robbery was reported at NE 45th Street and Brooklyn Avenue NE at about 11:30 p.m. The suspect was described as male, age 25-30, 6 feet tall, with a medium build, wearing a ski mask, gold chain, green and gold colored jacket and black and green pants. The suspect, who left headed east, was reportedly armed with a handgun.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/05/31/uw-alert-armed-robbery/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert official update",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency updates archive page body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 565,
      "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 - Armed Robbery",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/05/31/uw-alert-armed-robbery/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}