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  "id": "2025-11-01-ball-state-university-bethel-rosewood-shooting",
  "slug": "ball-state-university-bethel-rosewood-shooting-2025-11-01",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Ball State University",
    "shortName": "BSU",
    "state": "IN",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "Urgent BSU Alert",
    "enrollment": 19000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-11-01",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Shooting near Bethel and Rosewood, then no ongoing threat",
    "headlinePublic": "Shooting near Bethel and Rosewood, then no ongoing threat",
    "summary": "Ball State [said police were investigating a shooting near Bethel and Rosewood](https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=4113082e-6fff-45a7-8909-570fcaf321a8) and then [said there was no ongoing threat](https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=b7932be3-4d08-4d0f-b57e-b809874911d7).",
    "outcome": "Stay-clear order, then an all-clear. Police were to remain in the area."
  },
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-11-01T01:14:00-04:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Urgent BSU Alert: MPD, with the asst. of UPD units are investigating a shooting in the area of Bethel/Rosewood. Stay clear of the area until further notice",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=4113082e-6fff-45a7-8909-570fcaf321a8",
      "sourceDescription": "BSU alert archive, Bethel and Rosewood shooting",
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        "Archive clock November 1, 2025 1:14 a.m. Eastern. EDT -04:00 applied. DST ended the following morning.",
        "Distinct incident from 2024-11-02-ball-state-university-shooting (prior November, different notice) and from 2026-08-30-ball-state-university-university-linden-gun-report."
      ],
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    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2025-11-01T02:18:00-04:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Urgent BSU Alert: Ball State is advising there is no ongoing threat to campus. Police will remain in the area. Resume normal activities.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=b7932be3-4d08-4d0f-b57e-b809874911d7",
      "sourceDescription": "BSU alert archive, Bethel and Rosewood all-clear",
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        "Archive clock November 1, 2025 2:18 a.m. Eastern. EDT -04:00 applied."
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "context": "Ball State publishes Urgent BSU Alert text in the [emergency-notification archive](https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A shooting investigation near Bethel and Rosewood was followed about an hour later by an all-clear."
  ],
  "sources": [
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      "title": "BSU alert archive, Bethel and Rosewood shooting",
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      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
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    {
      "title": "BSU alert archive, Bethel and Rosewood all-clear",
      "url": "https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=b7932be3-4d08-4d0f-b57e-b809874911d7",
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      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "indiana",
    "ball-state",
    "shooting",
    "diversity"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
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