{
  "id": "2023-12-07-university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-shooting-7",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-seattle-shooting-7-2023-12-07",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-12-07",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "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/2023/12/07/uw-alert-seattle-shooting-7/) on or about 2023-12-07. 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 2023-12-07",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE at 7:46pm: Photo of the suspect's back and backpack, leaving the scene.\n\nUPDATE at 7:16pm: Suspect is reportedly about 6 feet tall.\n\nUPDATE at 7:14pm: The victim's injury does not appear to be life threatening and the victim has been transported to Harborview Medical Center.\n\nUPDATE at 7:06pm: Again, suspect is wearing a black hoodie with the hood up and the backpack has a distinctive and very colorful design. Police and fire are on scene.\n\nUPDATE at 6:59pm: Suspect in shooting is described as wearing a dark face mask, wearing dark clothing and a “graffiti”-style backpack.\n\nORIGINAL POST: Reported shooting behind business on U Way NE near 42nd. One injured. More info: alert.uw.edu\n\nSent at 6:56pm Thu",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2023/12/07/uw-alert-seattle-shooting-7/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert Blog",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.uw.edu Alert Blog entry body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 728,
      "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/2023/12/07/uw-alert-seattle-shooting-7/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "other"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}