{
  "id": "2025-09-27-university-of-washington-uw-alert-shooting",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-shooting-2025-09-27",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-09-27",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "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 an official alert update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/09/27/uw-alert-shooting-2/) on or about 2025-09-27. Full text is preserved from the official emergency updates archive.",
    "outcome": "See official update page for operational or investigation status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2025-09-27 on the official emergency updates site",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE 3:15 a.m.: Seattle police are continuing to investigate the shooting. If more information is available, it will be posted here.\n\nUPDATE 3:05 a.m.: Seattle Police Department officers are still searching the area for the white SUV, which reportedly had 5-6 men inside. If you witnessed the incident or have additional information about this crime or the suspect, please call 911 or the Seattle Police Department violent crime tip line at 206-233-5000.\n\nUPDATE 3 a.m.: The victim is not affiliated with the University of Washington.\n\n2:58 a.m.: Report of a shooting in the 4100 block of University Way in an apparent road rage incident. The victim was grazed by a bullet and is receiving medical care. Shots were fired from a vehicle at about 2:50 a.m. The vehicle was described as a white SUV.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/09/27/uw-alert-shooting-2/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert official update",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency updates archive page body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 798,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official UW Alert update archive entry for University of Washington.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official emergency updates page preserves complete multi-update alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "UW Alert - Shooting",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/09/27/uw-alert-shooting-2/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}