{
  "id": "2024-08-10-vanderbilt-university-shooting",
  "slug": "vanderbilt-university-shooting-2024-08-10",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Vanderbilt University",
    "shortName": "Vanderbilt",
    "state": "TN",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "AlertVU",
    "enrollment": 13800
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-08-10",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Contractor altercation at an unoccupied dorm turned to gunfire; two injured",
    "headlinePublic": "Contractor altercation at an unoccupied dorm turned to gunfire; two injured",
    "summary": "On August 10, 2024, an altercation between external contractors performing maintenance at [Sutherland House](https://vanderbilthustler.com/2024/08/10/breaking-shooting-at-sutherland-house-leaves-two-injured-five-arrested/), an unoccupied Vanderbilt residence hall, escalated into a shooting that left two people with non-life-threatening injuries. The [AlertVU system notified the campus](https://www.wsmv.com/2024/08/10/vanderbilt-pd-issues-alert-after-possible-shooting-campus/) at approximately 4:43 PM CDT with a Run-Hide-Fight directive.",
    "outcome": "Two men were arrested: Luis Enrique Ramirez Sandoval, 38, was charged with aggravated assault after a firearm was found on him, and Jose Humberto, 27, was charged with facilitation of aggravated assault. A total of five people were taken into custody. Two victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 2
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-08-10T16:43:00-05:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "ALERT! A shooting has been reported near the Vanderbilt campus at Sutherland. – RUN, HIDE, FIGHT – Police are responding! Avoid the area!",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alertvu.vanderbilt.edu/",
      "sourceDescription": "AlertVU official archive (alertvu.vanderbilt.edu) and confirmed across multiple news sources including Vanderbilt Hustler, WSMV, WKRN, and WATE quoting the alert verbatim",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim AlertVU text confirmed from alertvu.vanderbilt.edu official archive and independently corroborated by Vanderbilt Hustler and multiple Nashville TV stations (WSMV, WKRN, WATE)",
        "Sutherland House at 1900 South Drive was unoccupied at the time as students had not yet moved in for fall semester",
        "The dashes surrounding RUN, HIDE, FIGHT are part of the original alert text; the Run-Hide-Fight directive is the standard active shooter protocol used in AlertVU messages"
      ],
      "characterCount": 137
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "By approximately 6:00 PM CDT on August 10, 2024",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "The suspect has been apprehended. There are no ongoing threats to the community.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/shooting-reported-at-vanderbilt-dorm-building-university-says/",
      "sourceDescription": "WKRN and multiple Nashville news outlets directly quoting the AlertVU page update posted by approximately 6:00 PM CDT on August 10, 2024",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim AlertVU page update confirmed across multiple Nashville TV stations (WKRN, WATE, NewsChannel 5) and the Vanderbilt Hustler, all quoting 'The suspect has been apprehended. There are no ongoing threats to the community.'",
        "By this point, VUPD had taken two suspects into custody at the nearby MAPCO gas station on 21st Avenue South",
        "The update omits the word 'Sutherland' or 'campus' (unlike the initial alert which named the building) a tighter all-clear framing"
      ],
      "characterCount": 80
    }
  ],
  "context": "On a Saturday afternoon in August 2024, before students had moved in for the fall semester, an altercation broke out between external contractors performing maintenance at [Sutherland House](https://vanderbilthustler.com/2024/08/10/breaking-shooting-at-sutherland-house-leaves-two-injured-five-arrested/), an unoccupied residence hall at 1900 South Drive on Vanderbilt's campus. The dispute escalated into gunfire, leaving two people with non-life-threatening injuries, including a 19-year-old man shot in the arm. The [AlertVU system activated a campus-wide Run-Hide-Fight notification](https://www.wsmv.com/2024/08/10/vanderbilt-pd-issues-alert-after-possible-shooting-campus/) at approximately 4:43 PM CDT, about 13 minutes after the shooting was reported. Metro Nashville Police responded and took five people into custody, including Luis Enrique Ramirez Sandoval, 38, who was found with a firearm and charged with aggravated assault, and Jose Humberto, 27, charged with facilitation of aggravated assault for allegedly retrieving the gun before the shooting. The [Vanderbilt Hustler reported](https://vanderbilthustler.com/2024/08/14/vanderbilt-community-reacts-to-on-campus-shooting/) that the incident renewed community concerns about campus safety; the same paper had [scrutinized the timing of an AlertVU message](https://vanderbilthustler.com/2024/08/07/a-closer-look-at-last-months-alertvu-message-about-mapco-shooting/) about a nearby MAPCO gas station shooting just weeks earlier.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "AlertVU was activated within approximately 13 minutes of the initial report; the student newspaper had scrutinized AlertVU's timing for a nearby shooting weeks earlier",
    "The shooting involved external contractors, not students or university employees, at an unoccupied dormitory",
    "Five people were taken into custody, with two formally charged with aggravated assault and facilitation"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "AlertVU Official Archive — August 10, 2024 (Vanderbilt University)",
      "url": "https://alertvu.vanderbilt.edu/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "BREAKING: Shooting at Sutherland House leaves two injured, five arrested (Vanderbilt Hustler)",
      "url": "https://vanderbilthustler.com/2024/08/10/breaking-shooting-at-sutherland-house-leaves-two-injured-five-arrested/",
      "type": "student-newspaper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Vanderbilt community reacts to on-campus shooting (Vanderbilt Hustler)",
      "url": "https://vanderbilthustler.com/2024/08/14/vanderbilt-community-reacts-to-on-campus-shooting/",
      "type": "student-newspaper"
    },
    {
      "title": "3 injured, 2 in custody after shooting near Vanderbilt dorm (WSMV)",
      "url": "https://www.wsmv.com/2024/08/10/vanderbilt-pd-issues-alert-after-possible-shooting-campus/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Shooting reported at Vanderbilt dorm building (WKRN)",
      "url": "https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/shooting-reported-at-vanderbilt-dorm-building-university-says/",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "shooting",
    "workplace-violence",
    "contractors",
    "run-hide-fight",
    "tennessee",
    "alertvu",
    "private-university"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-04-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}