{
  "id": "2026-10-06-wake-forest-university-joel-coliseum-parking-lot-shooting",
  "slug": "wake-forest-university-joel-coliseum-parking-lot-shooting-2026-10-06",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Wake Forest University",
    "shortName": "WFU",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "private-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "Wake Alert",
    "enrollment": 9000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-10-06",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Police clear a coliseum parking-lot shooting with no ongoing threat",
    "headlinePublic": "Police clear a coliseum parking-lot shooting with no ongoing threat",
    "summary": "Wake Alert reported [police near LJVM](https://x.com/WakeAlert/status/2107682975190011913) and then a [final notice](https://x.com/WakeAlert/status/2107699572399063337) that a shooting at the Joel Coliseum parking lot was over.",
    "outcome": "The final notice said the suspects had left, there was no current threat, and that message was the last one."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-07T00:02:34-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Wake Alert Emergency: Heavy police presence near LJVM. There is no active threat to campus. Avoid the area until a Wake Alert update is issued. Updates at https://wakealert.wfu.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/WakeAlert/status/2107682975190011913",
      "sourceDescription": "@WakeAlert",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual read 2026-10-12. sha256 b3eea422b10617495f60be61ae26bc48bbd0c74c386b6f4748c66d3b2f141ab6. fxtwitter keeps a period after the URL. The X thread render dropped that period. Confirmed from the fxtwitter text.",
        "Thread checked 2026-10-12: the account's posts in this window were walked and the matching notices are the alerts in this case."
      ],
      "characterCount": 181
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-10-07T01:08:31-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Wake Alert Emergency Update: WSPD responded to a shooting at the Joel Coliseum parking lot at 11:25 p.m. The suspects have left the area. There is no current threat to the campus or the surrounding area. This will be the final communication for this incident.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/WakeAlert/status/2107699572399063337",
      "sourceDescription": "@WakeAlert",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual read 2026-10-12. sha256 ab0c3fe6ded0d19cd5e5c60cb0236af318a8bcd05e2ea636a8d21a8de7e2b643. Complete post. Both reads matched.",
        "Thread checked 2026-10-12: the account's posts in this window were walked and the matching notices are the alerts in this case."
      ],
      "characterCount": 259
    }
  ],
  "context": "Both notices are [@WakeAlert](https://x.com/WakeAlert/status/2107699572399063337). The first points at [wakealert.wfu.edu](https://wakealert.wfu.edu/). The shooting time in the final notice is 11:25 p.m., before the after-midnight posts.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The first notice said there was heavy police presence near LJVM, no active threat, and to avoid the area.",
    "The final notice said police responded to a shooting at the Joel Coliseum parking lot at 11:25 p.m. and that the suspects had left."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@WakeAlert",
      "url": "https://x.com/WakeAlert/status/2107682975190011913",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted at 05:25Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@WakeAlert",
      "url": "https://x.com/WakeAlert/status/2107699572399063337",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted at 05:25Z"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r2",
    "north-carolina",
    "wake-forest",
    "shooting",
    "fresh-week"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-12",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12",
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}
