{
  "id": "2022-12-24-university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-shooting",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-shooting-2022-12-24",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-12-24",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Shooting investigation update on UW Alert blog",
    "headlinePublic": "Shooting investigation update on UW Alert blog",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published a UW Alert Blog update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2022/12/24/uw-alert-seattle-shooting-5/) on or about 2022-12-24. 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 2022-12-24",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE at 1:24pm Saturday: Seattle police have not located the suspect or victim in the shooting incident on Roosevelt Ave. NE, near 42nd St. NE. Police will continue to investigate, but the area is being reopened. Please stay vigilant if you are in the area. Further updates will be provided here if they become available.\n\nUPDATED at 1:04pm Saturday: The vehicle description has been updated to a black Chevy Malibu. No change to the license plate number.\n\nUPDATED at 1:02pm Saturday: Seattle police are investigating a shooting that occurred outside of a business on Roosevelt Ave. NE near 42nd Ave. NE. A man is reported to have assaulted a woman before firing several gunshots. The shooter is described as a man about 5-foot-9 with a thin build, wearing a red shirt with a white hoodie. He fled in a white vehicle, license plate number CCW7030. The victim also left the scene and has yet to be located.\n\nORIGINAL POST: Shooting reported near 42nd Ave NE/Roosevelt at 12:46pm. Shooter fled in white vehicle. Info: alert.uw.edu\n\nSent at 12:57pm Sat",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2022/12/24/uw-alert-seattle-shooting-5/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert Blog",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.uw.edu Alert Blog entry body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1051,
      "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 (Shooting)",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2022/12/24/uw-alert-seattle-shooting-5/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}