{
  "id": "2024-05-24-university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-69",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-69-2024-05-24",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-05-24",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "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 a UW Alert Blog update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2024/05/24/uw-alert-seattle-69/) on or about 2024-05-24. 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 2024-05-24",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE 6:44 p.m.: Suspects have not been located yet. If seen, call 911.\n\nUPDATE 6:34 p.m.: Police are still searching for the suspects in the armed robbery.\n\nUPDATE 6:29 p.m.: The victim reported that his camera was damaged, but no items were taken.\n\nUPDATE 6:25 p.m.: The men were armed with a handgun. One man was described as wearing a face mask with shark teeth. The victim reported being grabbed by one of the men, who then showed him the gun and demanded his phone. Suspects left headed west toward Drumheller Fountain.\n\n6:21 p.m.: An armed robbery was reported near Sieg Hall at around 6:10 p.m. The suspects are described as two men wearing dark colored hoodies and face masks.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2024/05/24/uw-alert-seattle-69/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert Blog",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.uw.edu Alert Blog entry body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 686,
      "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 Seattle",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2024/05/24/uw-alert-seattle-69/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}