Off-campus shots fired on Gratz then Ninth
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedTemple TUalert warned of shots fired on the 1700 block of N. Gratz St., then a second shots-fired report on the 1900 block of N. 9th St., cleared Ninth, and cleared Gratz.
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Alert Sequence
4 messages in sequence · 4 verified verbatim
Confirmed wording is transcribed character-for-character from a primary source. Use Verify this quote under each message to open that source in a new tab and compare the text yourself.
How the first alert is built
To check this alert, SuperGrok Heavy 4.5 (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.
TUalertEMER: Shots fired reported on the (off campus location) 1700 block of N. Gratz St. Use caution. Avoid the area. Police are responding.
Sourcepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads agree the branded TUalertEMER opener identifies the sender. Several also note police as the responding authority.
Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.
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- present: Branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies the issuing alert system, and police are named as responding.
- present: Branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies the issuing alert system.
- present: Branded sender tag "TUalertEMER" identifies the issuing alert system as source.
- present: TUalertEMER is a branded sender tag at the start, and Police are named as responding.
- present: Branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies the issuing system, and Police are named as responding.
- present: TUalertEMER is a branded alert signature, and Police are named as the responding authority.
- present: Branded sender tag "TUalertEMER" identifies the issuing system at the start.
- present: Branded sender tag "TUalertEMER" identifies the issuing alert system as the source.
- present: The branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies who is issuing the alert.
- present: Branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies the issuing system, and Police are named as responding.
- present: The branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies the issuing alert system.
- present: Branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies the issuing system, and Police are named as responding.
- present: Branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies the issuing alert system.
- present: The branded sender tag "TUalertEMER" identifies the issuing alert system as the source.
- present: The branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies the issuing campus alert system as the source.
- present: Branded sender tag "TUalertEMER" identifies the issuing alert system as the source.
- present: TUalertEMER is a branded sender tag, and police are named as the responding agency.
- present: Branded sender tag "TUalertEMER" identifies the issuing alert system, and "Police" names the responding authority.
- present: Branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies the issuing system, and Police are named as responding.
- present: Branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies the issuing alert system, and police are named as responding.
- present: Branded sender tag "TUalertEMER" identifies the issuing alert system.
- present: Branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies the issuing alert system.
- present: The branded tag TUalertEMER and the mention of Police identify the issuing and responding authority.
- present: Branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies the issuing system, and police are named as responding.
- present: Branded sender tag TUalertEMER identifies the issuing alert system.
Hazardpresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads agree shots fired names a specific hazard rather than a generic emergency.
What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.
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- present: The text names a specific threat: shots fired.
- present: The text names a specific threat: shots fired.
- present: The text names the specific threat as "Shots fired."
- present: Shots fired names the specific threat rather than a generic emergency or incident.
- present: The text names a specific threat with Shots fired.
- present: Shots fired names a specific threat rather than a generic emergency or incident.
- present: The alert names a specific threat: "Shots fired."
- present: The text names a specific threat with the words "Shots fired".
- present: The text names a specific threat: shots fired.
- present: The text names the specific threat as shots fired.
- present: The text names a specific threat as shots fired.
- present: The text names a specific threat: shots fired.
- present: The text names the specific threat as shots fired.
- present: The text names a specific threat: "Shots fired".
- present: The text names a specific threat with the phrase shots fired.
- present: The threat is named specifically as "Shots fired."
- present: Shots fired names a specific threat rather than a generic incident.
- present: The text names a specific threat: "Shots fired".
- present: The alert names a specific threat: shots fired.
- present: The text names the specific threat as shots fired, not a generic incident.
- present: The text names a specific threat: "Shots fired".
- present: The text names a specific threat: shots fired.
- present: The text names a specific threat: shots fired.
- present: The alert names a specific threat with the phrase shots fired.
- present: The text names a specific threat: shots fired.
Locationpresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads agree the 1700 block of N. Gratz St., labeled off campus, is a location.
Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.
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- present: Location is given as the off campus 1700 block of N. Gratz St.
- present: The 1700 block of N. Gratz St is named as the off campus location.
- present: Location is given as the off campus 1700 block of N. Gratz St.
- present: Places the report on the 1700 block of N. Gratz St., labeled as an off campus location.
- present: Location is given as the off campus 1700 block of N. Gratz St.
- present: The report is placed on the 1700 block of N. Gratz St., described as an off campus location.
- present: Place is specified as the off campus 1700 block of N. Gratz St.
- present: Location is given as the 1700 block of N. Gratz St., noted as off campus.
- present: Location is given as the 1700 block of N. Gratz St., noted as off campus.
- present: Location is given as the off campus 1700 block of N. Gratz St.
- present: The 1700 block of N. Gratz St. is given as an off campus location.
- present: It locates the incident on the 1700 block of N. Gratz St., described as off campus.
- present: It gives a place: the 1700 block of N. Gratz St., noted as off campus.
- present: Location is given as the off campus 1700 block of N. Gratz St.
- present: It locates the event at the 1700 block of N. Gratz St., noted as off campus.
- present: The location is given as the off campus 1700 block of N. Gratz St.
- present: The event is placed on the off campus 1700 block of N. Gratz St.
- present: Location is given as the "1700 block of N. Gratz St" and noted as off campus.
- present: It locates the event on the 1700 block of N. Gratz St., described as an off campus location.
- present: The 1700 block of N. Gratz St is given as an off campus street location.
- present: Location is given as the 1700 block of N. Gratz St., noted as off campus.
- present: Location is given as the 1700 block of N. Gratz St, described as off campus.
- present: It gives a place: the 1700 block of N. Gratz St, noted as an off campus location.
- present: It specifies an off campus location on the 1700 block of N. Gratz St.
- present: Location is given as the 1700 block of N. Gratz St., noted as off campus.
Guidancepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads agree use caution and avoid the area are protective instructions to recipients.
The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.
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- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
- present: Recipients are told to "Use caution" and "Avoid the area."
- present: Instructs recipients to use caution and avoid the area as protective actions.
- present: Recipients are told to Use caution and Avoid the area.
- present: Use caution and Avoid the area instruct recipients on protective actions to take.
- present: Recipients are instructed to "Use caution" and "Avoid the area."
- present: Recipients are told to "Use caution" and "Avoid the area".
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
- present: Recipients are told to "Use caution" and "Avoid the area".
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
- present: Recipients are told to "Use caution" and "Avoid the area."
- present: Use caution and avoid the area are protective instructions to recipients.
- present: Recipients are told to "Use caution" and "Avoid the area".
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area, which are protective actions.
- present: Recipients are told to "Use caution" and "Avoid the area".
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
- present: Recipients are told to use caution and avoid the area.
Timeabsent0/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find no clock time, date, or recency cue such as now or immediately.
When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.
See all 25 individual reads
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency language appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency wording is given.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency words such as now or immediately appear.
- absent: Gives no clock time, date, or recency cue such as now or immediately.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other timing cue appears in the text.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or duration language appears in the text.
- absent: No clock time, date, recency word, or duration is stated.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency wording appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency phrasing is present.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency cue is stated.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency phrase is given.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency wording appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency wording appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency wording is given.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately appears.
- absent: The text has no clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency cue.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency phrase such as now, immediately, or as of is present.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency wording is given.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency wording appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, or recency word such as now or immediately is present.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency phrase appears.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency phrase is present.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency phrase is given.
- absent: No clock time, date, now, immediately, or other recency phrasing appears.
Impactabsent0/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find no stated consequence or severity beyond naming shots fired.
What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.
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- absent: Shots fired names the hazard but does not state consequences or severity to people or property.
- absent: Naming shots fired does not state consequences or severity to people or property.
- absent: "Shots fired" names the hazard but states no consequence or severity for people or property.
- absent: Names shots fired only, with no stated harm, injury, or other consequence.
- absent: Naming shots fired alone does not state consequences or severity for people or property.
- absent: Shots fired names the hazard only, with no stated harm, severity, or consequence.
- absent: "Shots fired" names the hazard but states no consequence or severity for people or property.
- absent: Naming "Shots fired" states the hazard only and does not describe consequences or severity.
- absent: Shots fired names the hazard only, with no stated consequence or severity for people or property.
- absent: Shots fired names the hazard only, with no stated harm, severity, or consequence.
- absent: Shots fired names the hazard but no consequence or severity to people or property is conveyed.
- absent: Shots fired names the hazard but states no consequence or severity for people or property.
- absent: Naming shots fired does not state consequences or severity to people or property.
- absent: "Shots fired" names the hazard but states no consequence or severity to people or property.
- absent: Naming shots fired states the hazard only and does not describe harm, severity, or consequences.
- absent: Naming "Shots fired" states the hazard but does not convey consequences or severity.
- absent: Shots fired names the hazard only, with no stated harm, injury, or severity.
- absent: Naming "Shots fired" states the hazard only and does not describe harm, severity, or consequences.
- absent: Naming shots fired states the hazard only, with no stated harm, severity, or consequence.
- absent: Shots fired names the hazard but states no consequence or severity such as injury or danger.
- absent: Naming "shots fired" alone states the hazard without any consequence or severity.
- absent: Shots fired names the hazard but states no consequence or severity for people or property.
- absent: Shots fired names the hazard but states no consequence, severity, or harm to people or property.
- absent: Shots fired names the hazard but no consequence or severity to people or property is stated.
- absent: Shots fired names the hazard only, with no stated harm, injury, or severity.
Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5
Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.
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Campus Alert Archive. "Temple University: Off-campus shots fired on Gratz then Ninth." Incident of August 17, 2026. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/temple-university-gratz-ninth-shots-fired-2026-08-17/
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