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  "id": "2020-01-15-university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-armed-robbery-near-ne-42nd-st-7th",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-armed-robbery-near-ne-42nd-st-7th-2020-01-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2020-01-15",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "UW Alert Seattle: Armed robbery near NE 42nd St & 7th Ave. NE",
    "headlinePublic": "UW Alert Seattle: Armed robbery near NE 42nd St & 7th Ave. NE",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published a UW Alert Blog update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2020/01/15/uw-alert-seattle-35/) on or about 2020-01-15. 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 2020-01-15",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE at 3:24 p.m.: Seattle police have cleared the scene of the robbery. The suspect was not located. More details will be provided here as available.\n\nUPDATE at 3:15 p.m.: Seattle police are still searching for the robbery suspect in the area near NE 42nd St. and 7th Ave NE. Please avoid the area.\n\nORIGINAL POST at 2:41 p.m.: A person was robbed near the intersection of NE 42nd St. and 7th Ave NE around 2:25 p.m. Wednesday. A male suspect, about 30 years old, displayed a handgun. Direction of travel was unknown. Seattle police are on the scene with K-9 and investigating. Please avoid the area.\n\nSuspect was wearing a black jacket, brown pants, and has a slightly gray, short beard. Also wearing a hoodie that was seen but not over his head at the time. Seattle police are deploying their K-9.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2020/01/15/uw-alert-seattle-35/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert Blog",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.uw.edu Alert Blog entry body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 802,
      "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: Armed robbery near NE 42nd St & 7th Ave. NE",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2020/01/15/uw-alert-seattle-35/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "robbery"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}