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INITIAL ALERTTwitter/X
Verified verbatim·170 chars
There is police activity at 28th St and Flower St. at UPC avoid Flower St. between Adams Blvd and 30th St. but no immediate threat exists. Please stay away from the area.
Dual independent X fetch match (keyword + thread_fetch) 2026-08-16.
UPDATEEmail+2h 49m
Verified verbatim·4782 chars
Reported Offense: Aggravated Assault & Robbery
Date & Time of Occurrence: 08/12/2026 6:24 p.m.
Location: At the intersection of 28th Street and Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Report Number: 2602672
Incident Description: A carjacking occurred involving the shooting of a victim. There is no known USC involvement in this incident. The Los Angeles Police Department has assumed responsibility for the investigation. At this time, the Department of Public Safety has very limited information regarding the circumstances of the incident. Additional details are not available at this time.
Vehicle Description: 2013 gray Honda Civic with license plate number 7UJW955
Suspect Description (provided by reporting party):
Age: Approximately 25 years old
Eye Color: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Height: Unknown
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Weight: Unknown
Additional Description: Wearing a blue baseball cap, a blue and white football jersey, black or gray pants
Weapon: Possibly armed with both a firearm and a knife
If you are in immediate DANGER, call the Los Angeles Police Department at 911 or the USC Department of Public Safety at (213) 740-4321.
Please note that race, ethnicity, gender and/or religious affiliation are NOT considered the basis for suspicion; only behaviors are considered suspicious.
If you have any questions or information relevant to the crime(s) reflected in this alert, immediately call DPS at (213) 740-6000 for the University Park Campus (UPC), (323) 442-1000 for the Health Sciences Campus (HSC) or (213) 485-6571 for the LAPD Southwest Division.
The purpose of this warning is to aid in the prevention of similar crimes by alerting the community about the incident and to provide information which allows individuals to make informed decisions about their personal safety.
USC Department of Public Safety Recommendations – Aggravated Assault
- If you are assaulted, immediately go to a safe location and report the crime to law enforcement. For the University Park Campus (UPC) call DPS emergency at (213) 740-4321, for the Health Sciences Campus (HSC) call (323) 442-1000 or call the Los Angeles Police Department at 911.
- If you observe an assault in progress, STAY CALM AND CALL DPS emergency for UPC at (213) 740-4321, for HSC call (323) 442- 1000 or the LAPD at 911. Do not attempt to apprehend any suspects or perpetrators of crime. Your personal safety and the safety of others around you should be your primary concern.
- Not every person you meet has good intentions. Be cautious of strangers, and keep a safe distance. There is safety in numbers, so travel with friends.
- Avoid using cell phones or other technology while walking as criminals target distracted, inattentive individuals using them.
- Be a good witness: It is important to recall what you observed and provide as many details as possible to law enforcement such as: the sex, race, age, height, hair color, clothing, tattoos, scars of any suspects and a description of the make and model of any vehicle used in the crime and its license plate if possible.
- Do not attempt to apprehend any suspects or perpetrators of crime.
For other options to contact DPS, report crime, and ask for help, please visit USC DPS Report a Crime.
USC Transportation provides options to travel around USC including the Lyft Rides Program:
- Get a Ride: Lyft is available at HSC and UPC to cover shared rides. Lyft at UPC is open from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. seven days a week (*on home football game days, the program begins 5 hours after scheduled kickoff). Lyft at HSC is open from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m., Monday through Friday only. Please visit the USC Lyft page for more information.
- Verify your driver and car: Once you have requested a Lyft ride, you can view the driver’s rating. When your ride arrives, make sure the driver’s photo, license plate number, and vehicle description match. Never take a ride you did not request or get into a car that doesn’t match the details provided by the Lyft app.
- Go the extra mile : The Lyft app’s “share your ETA” function allows you to invite friends to see your trip in real-time. The app will draft a text message you can share with friends that includes your ETA and a link to a live map that allows them to track your trip. Too much effort? Call a friend and stay on the line while you’re in the car instead.
To receive more information from USC DPS, please register for TrojansAlert:
- TrojansAlert : Register for USC’s emergency notification system TrojansAlert to allow university officials to contact you during an emergency by sending messages via text message and email. (Please note that students, staff and faculty automatically are signed up for TrojansAlerts.
For additional USC Resources, please visit USC Report & Response.
Dual independent HTML fetch 2026-08-30 (byte-identical files). Flatten matches the SHELF NIGHT b214 Portland Street burglary method (verified by reproducing that committed text). sha256 82cc91d9465f0600d0f05d8dce1b16ddfe74f261da2793fa73f796ec0942ee1d.
Published/updated 08-12 10:33 p.m. PDT per DPS page. Official standing chrome included as transmitted. No image links on this page.
First-burst X sequence 1-2 left untouched; this is a sequenced tail. Slug already in consensus; not recoded.
Distinct from 2026-08-11-university-of-southern-california-portland-street-burglary (adjacent calendar day; burglary TW vs this shooting/carjacking).
UPDATEEmail
Verified verbatim·5217 chars
Incident Resolution: The suspect believed to be responsible for the shooting and carjacking incident that occurred on August 12, 2026, has been arrested. Based on the information currently available, DPS believes the threat that prompted the issuance of the Crime Alert has been mitigated. DPS thanks the university community for its vigilance and reminds everyone to continue reporting suspicious activity immediately to 911 or DPS.
Incident Description: A carjacking occurred involving the shooting of a victim. There is no known USC involvement in this incident. The Los Angeles Police Department has assumed responsibility for the investigation. At this time, the Department of Public Safety has very limited information regarding the circumstances of the incident. Additional details are not available at this time.
Reported Offense: Aggravated Assault & Robbery
Date & Time of Occurrence: 08/12/2026 6:24 p.m.
Location: At the intersection of 28th Street and Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Report Number: 2602672
Vehicle Description: 2013 gray Honda Civic with license plate number 7UJW955
Suspect Description (provided by reporting party):
Age: Approximately 25 years old
Eye Color: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Height: Unknown
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Weight: Unknown
Additional Description: Wearing a blue baseball cap, a blue and white football jersey, black or gray pants
Weapon: Possibly armed with both a firearm and a knife
If you are in immediate DANGER, call the Los Angeles Police Department at 911 or the USC Department of Public Safety at (213) 740-4321.
Please note that race, ethnicity, gender and/or religious affiliation are NOT considered the basis for suspicion; only behaviors are considered suspicious.
If you have any questions or information relevant to the crime(s) reflected in this alert, immediately call DPS at (213) 740-6000 for the University Park Campus (UPC), (323) 442-1000 for the Health Sciences Campus (HSC) or (213) 485-6571 for the LAPD Southwest Division.
The purpose of this warning is to aid in the prevention of similar crimes by alerting the community about the incident and to provide information which allows individuals to make informed decisions about their personal safety.
USC Department of Public Safety Recommendations – Aggravated Assault
- If you are assaulted, immediately go to a safe location and report the crime to law enforcement. For the University Park Campus (UPC) call DPS emergency at (213) 740-4321, for the Health Sciences Campus (HSC) call (323) 442-1000 or call the Los Angeles Police Department at 911.
- If you observe an assault in progress, STAY CALM AND CALL DPS emergency for UPC at (213) 740-4321, for HSC call (323) 442- 1000 or the LAPD at 911. Do not attempt to apprehend any suspects or perpetrators of crime. Your personal safety and the safety of others around you should be your primary concern.
- Not every person you meet has good intentions. Be cautious of strangers, and keep a safe distance. There is safety in numbers, so travel with friends.
- Avoid using cell phones or other technology while walking as criminals target distracted, inattentive individuals using them.
- Be a good witness: It is important to recall what you observed and provide as many details as possible to law enforcement such as: the sex, race, age, height, hair color, clothing, tattoos, scars of any suspects and a description of the make and model of any vehicle used in the crime and its license plate if possible.
- Do not attempt to apprehend any suspects or perpetrators of crime.
For other options to contact DPS, report crime, and ask for help, please visit USC DPS Report a Crime.
USC Transportation provides options to travel around USC including the Lyft Rides Program:
- Get a Ride: Lyft is available at HSC and UPC to cover shared rides. Lyft at UPC is open from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. seven days a week (*on home football game days, the program begins 5 hours after scheduled kickoff). Lyft at HSC is open from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m., Monday through Friday only. Please visit the USC Lyft page for more information.
- Verify your driver and car: Once you have requested a Lyft ride, you can view the driver’s rating. When your ride arrives, make sure the driver’s photo, license plate number, and vehicle description match. Never take a ride you did not request or get into a car that doesn’t match the details provided by the Lyft app.
- Go the extra mile : The Lyft app’s “share your ETA” function allows you to invite friends to see your trip in real-time. The app will draft a text message you can share with friends that includes your ETA and a link to a live map that allows them to track your trip. Too much effort? Call a friend and stay on the line while you’re in the car instead.
To receive more information from USC DPS, please register for TrojansAlert:
- TrojansAlert : Register for USC’s emergency notification system TrojansAlert to allow university officials to contact you during an emergency by sending messages via text message and email. (Please note that students, staff and faculty automatically are signed up for TrojansAlerts.
For additional USC Resources, please visit USC Report & Response.
Dual independent HTML fetch 2026-08-30 (byte-identical files). Same flatten as sequence 3. sha256 a976ad9e1fbc99bcee31fe3836ed239cc1934206dbf044f5abdeb53786709327.
Incident-resolution product: suspect arrested; DPS states the Crime Alert threat is mitigated. Standing chrome included as transmitted.
08-25 community safety advisory is burglary-prevention, not this incident (not filed).
Message elements
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.
There is police activity at 28th St and Flower St. at UPC avoid Flower St. between Adams Blvd and 30th St. but no immediate threat exists. Please stay away from the area.
Sourceabsent1/25
Final assessment
24 of 25 passes found this element absent. No branded sender or issuing agency is identified.
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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absent: No branded sender or issuing agency is identified.
absent: Police activity describes the event and does not identify the sender.
absent: Police is generic and no brand or named agency is given.
absent: No department or named alert system is identified as the sender.
absent: No sender brand or issuing agency is identified.
absent: No sending brand or agency is identified.
absent: No branded alert name or sending office appears. Police activity describes the event, and UPC is used as a place, not a sender tag.
absent: No sender is identified. "police activity" describes the event, and "UPC" is the place.
absent: No police department or university alert system is named as the sender.
absent: No branded alert name, university sender, or named issuing agency appears. "police activity" describes the event, not who is sending.
absent: Police activity labels an event and UPC is a place, so no sender or issuing brand is identified.
absent: UPC is a place name. No brand, university sender, or police agency is identified.
absent: No branded sender, university name, or issuing agency is identified.
absent: UPC functions as a campus place name, not a branded sender or named agency.
absent: Police activity describes an event, not who sent the message. UPC is a place code.
absent: No alert brand or issuing authority is identified. Police activity describes the event, not who sent the message.
absent: Police activity describes the event, not the sender. No branded alert name or issuing agency is identified.
present: Police are named as the responding authority in the phrase police activity.
absent: No branded sender name or named agency appears in the message.
absent: No branded sender or named agency appears in the message.
absent: No branded alert name or sending agency is given.
absent: No branded alert name, university sender, or named issuing agency appears. Police activity describes the event, not who is sending.
absent: No issuing agency, office, or named alert system is identified as the sender.
absent: The message names no issuing agency, official, or alert system.
absent: Police activity describes the event, not a sending brand, university, or issuing agency.
Hazardpresent16/25
Final assessment
16 of 25 passes found this element present. Police activity is the incident being reported.
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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absent: Police activity is a generic situation, not a specific threat type.
absent: Police activity is a generic situation, not a specific named threat.
absent: Police activity is vague and not a specific hazard.
present: Police activity is the incident being reported.
absent: Police activity is not a specific threat and the text says no immediate threat exists.
present: Police activity is named as the specific incident.
present: Police activity is named as the specific situation, not a generic incident.
absent: "police activity" is a generic situation label, and the text says no specific threat exists.
present: Police activity is the named event.
present: "police activity" names a specific situation rather than a generic emergency or incident.
absent: Police activity is a generic situation, and the text says no specific threat exists.
absent: Police activity does not name a specific threat such as shots, a weapon, or a crime.
present: Police activity names a specific event type, not a generic incident.
present: Police activity names the type of event rather than a bare incident or emergency.
present: Police activity names a law enforcement situation rather than a vague incident.
absent: Police activity is generic and does not name a specific threat. The text says no immediate threat exists.
present: Police activity names the specific situation rather than a generic incident or emergency.
absent: Police activity is a generic label, and the text says no immediate threat exists.
present: Police activity is a specific named incident threat.
present: Police activity names a specific incident type.
present: Police activity is named as the specific incident type.
present: Police activity names a specific situation rather than a generic emergency or incident.
present: The hazard is identified as police activity.
present: The message identifies police activity as the hazard.
present: Police activity names a specific situation rather than a generic emergency.
Locationpresent25/25
Final assessment
25 of 25 passes found this element present. It names 28th St and Flower St at UPC and Flower St between Adams Blvd and 30th St.
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: It names 28th St and Flower St at UPC and Flower St between Adams Blvd and 30th St.
present: 28th and Flower at UPC and the Adams to 30th block name the place.
present: 28th and Flower at UPC and the Flower St block are specific places.
present: 28th and Flower at UPC and the Flower Street block to avoid are named.
present: Street names plus UPC mark a precise area.
present: The scene is at 28th St and Flower St at UPC, with Flower St between Adams Blvd and 30th St called out.
present: It pins the event at 28th St and Flower St. at UPC and names Flower St. between Adams Blvd and 30th St.
present: The scene is at 28th St and Flower St at UPC, with Flower St between Adams Blvd and 30th St.
present: The activity is placed at 28th St and Flower St at UPC, with Flower St between Adams Blvd and 30th St called out.
present: It cites "28th St and Flower St. at UPC" and "Flower St. between Adams Blvd and 30th St."
present: 28th St and Flower St at UPC, plus Flower between Adams Blvd and 30th St, are specific streets.
present: 28th St and Flower St at UPC, plus the Flower St block, are specific locations.
present: 28th St and Flower St at UPC, and Flower St between Adams Blvd and 30th St, are specific places.
present: 28th St and Flower St at UPC, and Flower St between Adams Blvd and 30th St, locate the activity.
present: 28th St and Flower St at UPC, plus the Adams to 30th block, are specific places.
present: 28th St and Flower St. at UPC and Flower St. between Adams Blvd and 30th St. are specific places.
present: The text gives 28th St and Flower St. at UPC and the Flower St. segment between Adams Blvd and 30th St.
present: 28th St and Flower St at UPC, plus Flower St between Adams and 30th, are specific places.
present: The site is given as 28th and Flower at UPC and Flower between Adams and 30th.
present: The scene is pinned to 28th and Flower at UPC with a street segment to avoid.
present: The scene is pinned to 28th and Flower at UPC with a defined street segment to avoid.
present: It cites 28th St and Flower St. at UPC and Flower St. between Adams Blvd and 30th St.
present: The scene is specified as 28th and Flower at UPC, with Flower Street between Adams Boulevard and 30th Street.
present: The message locates the activity at 28th St and Flower St at UPC and specifies Flower St between Adams Blvd and 30th St.
present: 28th St and Flower St. at UPC and Flower St. between Adams Blvd and 30th St. locate the activity.
Guidancepresent25/25
Final assessment
25 of 25 passes found this element present. People are told to avoid Flower St and stay away from the area.
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: People are told to avoid Flower St and stay away from the area.
present: Recipients are told to avoid Flower Street and stay away from the area.
present: Recipients are told to avoid Flower St and stay away from the area.
present: People are told to avoid Flower Street and stay away from the area.
present: People are told to avoid Flower St and stay away from the area.
present: People are told to avoid Flower St in that span and stay away from the area.
present: Avoid Flower St. on that block and please stay away from the area are protective instructions.
present: People are told to avoid that stretch of Flower St and to stay away from the area.
present: People are told to avoid Flower St and stay away from the area.
present: "avoid Flower St. between Adams Blvd and 30th St." and "Please stay away from the area" are protective instructions.
present: Avoid Flower St and stay away from the area are protective instructions.
present: Avoid Flower St and stay away from the area are protective instructions.
present: Avoid Flower St and stay away from the area are protective instructions.
present: Avoid Flower St and please stay away from the area are protective instructions.
present: Avoid Flower St and stay away from the area are protective instructions.
present: Avoid Flower St. and Please stay away from the area are protective instructions.
present: Avoid Flower St. between Adams Blvd and 30th St. and stay away from the area are protective instructions.
present: Avoid Flower St and stay away from the area are protective instructions.
present: Recipients are told to avoid Flower Street and stay away from the area.
present: Recipients are told to avoid Flower Street and stay away from the area.
present: Recipients are told to avoid Flower Street and stay away from the area.
present: Avoid Flower St. between Adams Blvd and 30th St. and please stay away from the area are protective instructions.
present: Recipients are told to avoid Flower Street in that block and stay away from the area.
present: The message tells people to avoid Flower St and stay away from the area.
present: Avoid Flower St. and stay away from the area are protective instructions.
Timeabsent1/25
Final assessment
24 of 25 passes found this element absent. No clock time, date, now, or immediately instruction is present.
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.
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present: The phrase no immediate threat uses immediate as a time qualifier.
absent: No clock time, date, now, or immediately instruction is present.
absent: There is no clock, date, now, immediately, or until language.
absent: No clock time, date, or action deadline is given.
absent: Immediate only denies a threat and does not time an action or duration.
absent: No when, until, or act-now time is given. Immediate in no immediate threat refers to danger level, not timing.
absent: No clock time, date, now, or until-further-notice cue appears. Immediate in no immediate threat is about severity, not when.
absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue is present. "immediate" only qualifies the threat level.
absent: No clock time or duration is given for the police activity.
absent: "immediate" in "no immediate threat exists" describes threat level, not when the message applies. No clock or date appears.
absent: No clock, date, now, or immediately as a when to act appears.
absent: No date, clock time, now, or immediately as a timing cue appears.
absent: Immediate in no immediate threat is severity wording, not a when cue, and no clock or date appears.
absent: No clock, date, now, or until phrase appears. No immediate threat is a risk claim, not a time stamp.
absent: Immediate in no immediate threat is not a when cue such as now or a clock time.
absent: No clock time, date, or now cue appears. Immediate only modifies threat, not when the event is.
absent: There is no clock time, date, or recency word. Immediate in no immediate threat describes threat level, not when.
absent: Immediate in no immediate threat denies danger. It is not a now or clock cue.
absent: Immediate describes threat status, not a clock, date, now, or until window.
absent: Immediate describes threat level, not a clock, date, now, or until cue.
absent: No clock time, duration, or action deadline is provided.
absent: Immediate in no immediate threat exists describes threat level, not when the message applies. No clock or date appears.
absent: No start time, duration, or expiration for the activity is provided.
absent: The message gives no onset, duration, expiration, or when to act.
absent: Immediate in no immediate threat exists rates threat level, not when, and no clock or date appears.
Impactpresent17/25
Final assessment
17 of 25 passes found this element present. The line no immediate threat exists states the harm level, here as absent.
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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present: The line no immediate threat exists states the harm level, here as absent.
present: The note that no immediate threat exists states severity.
absent: The text says no immediate threat and states no consequence.
present: The line that no immediate threat exists is explicit threat-level language.
absent: No harm or severity is described and a threat is denied.
present: No immediate threat exists states the severity as low or none.
present: No immediate threat exists is an explicit severity cue. It states the absence of present harm.
absent: "no immediate threat exists" denies harm rather than stating a consequence or severity.
present: The line that no immediate threat exists states the outcome for people nearby.
present: "no immediate threat exists" states the severity of harm as none.
absent: No immediate threat exists denies harm rather than stating what the hazard could do.
present: No immediate threat exists is an explicit severity statement.
present: No immediate threat exists states that the activity is not presently harmful.
absent: No immediate threat exists denies harm rather than stating a consequence or severity of the hazard.
present: No immediate threat exists is an explicit severity claim about harm.
present: No immediate threat exists states the severity level as none.
present: No immediate threat exists is an explicit statement of the situation's severity.
absent: The notice states no immediate threat exists and names no harm or severity.
present: The line that no immediate threat exists states severity beyond the hazard name.
present: No immediate threat exists states severity beyond the hazard name.
absent: The text says no immediate threat exists and names no harm that could result.
present: No immediate threat exists states the severity of harm as none.
absent: The message denies an immediate threat and does not describe harmful consequences.
present: The message states that no immediate threat exists, which is an impact or severity statement.
present: No immediate threat exists states the severity of harm as none.
Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5
Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.
USC DPS posts campus public-safety notices on @USCDPS. Flower Street between Adams and 30th is adjacent University Park Campus Clery geography.
Analysis
Key Findings
01X avoid-street / concluded pair, then DPS timely warning naming a shooting and carjacking (report 2602672), then incident-resolution after arrest.
02Crime alert states no known USC involvement; LAPD has the investigation.
Outcome
Avoid-street order lifted the same evening; DPS crime alert later reported a shooting and carjacking with no known USC involvement; suspect arrested 2026-08-13.
Provenance
Sources
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Campus Alert Archive. "University of Southern California: Police activity then crime alert for shooting and carjacking at 28th and Flower." Incident of August 12, 2026. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/usc-upc-28th-flower-police-activity-2026-08-12/