{
  "id": "2022-08-30-university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-52",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-52-2022-08-30",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-08-30",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "active threat emergency update on UW Alert blog",
    "headlinePublic": "active threat emergency update on UW Alert blog",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published an official alert update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2022/08/30/uw-alert-seattle-52/) on or about 2022-08-30. Full text is preserved from the official archive.",
    "outcome": "See official notice for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2022-08-30",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATED at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday: The reports of shots fired early Tuesday morning in the area of 18th Ave. NE and NE 50th Street may have come from a cap gun after two men were heard arguing in an alley. Shortly after the reported loud bang, both men were seen walking away from the area in different directions. Officers were unable to find either person when they arrived, and there were no spent casings or other evidence found at the scene.\n\nORIGINAL POST: Re: shots fired at NE 47th and 18th Ave NE. Shooter and victim not found. Scene secured. Info: alert.uw.edu [sent 5:42 Tuesday]",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2022/08/30/uw-alert-seattle-52/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official institutional alert archive page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 585,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official UW Alert archive entry.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official archive page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "UW Alert Seattle",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2022/08/30/uw-alert-seattle-52/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}