{
  "id": "2026-08-30-ball-state-university-university-linden-gun-report",
  "slug": "ball-state-university-university-linden-gun-report-2026-08-30",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Ball State University",
    "shortName": "BSU",
    "state": "IN",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "Urgent BSU Alert",
    "enrollment": 19000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-30",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Gun report at University and Linden, then no ongoing threat",
    "headlinePublic": "Gun report at University and Linden, then no ongoing threat",
    "summary": "Ball State [said Muncie police and university police were investigating a subject with a gun near University and Linden](https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=f7981509-e9fc-4fe7-8a03-0a2c0316b8ca) and then [said there was no ongoing threat](https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=4bdd3e7e-26ae-4c1d-930e-c913c3085fb4).",
    "outcome": "Avoid order, then an all-clear that there was no ongoing threat and normal activities could resume."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-30T01:22:00-04:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Urgent BSU Alert: MPD and UPD are currently investigating reports of a subject with a gun in the area of University/Linden. Avoid the area until further notice.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=f7981509-e9fc-4fe7-8a03-0a2c0316b8ca",
      "sourceDescription": "BSU alert archive, University and Linden gun report",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent archive reads 2026-10-04. Body sha256 7405091782a24d17859323f2184bce262a7c8548924ea70b5b6e984db334ec80.",
        "Archive clock August 30, 2026 1:22 a.m. Eastern. EDT -04:00 applied.",
        "Distinct incident from 2025-11-01-ball-state-university-bethel-rosewood-shooting (different date, street, and the later notice says a shooting) and from 2024-11-02-ball-state-university-shooting."
      ],
      "characterCount": 160
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-30T02:45:00-04:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Urgent BSU Alert: Ball State is advising there is no ongoing threat to campus. Resume normal activities.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=4bdd3e7e-26ae-4c1d-930e-c913c3085fb4",
      "sourceDescription": "BSU alert archive, University and Linden all-clear",
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        "Archive clock August 30, 2026 2:45 a.m. Eastern. EDT -04:00 applied."
      ],
      "characterCount": 104
    }
  ],
  "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 subject-with-a-gun report at University and Linden was followed about 80 minutes later by an all-clear."
  ],
  "sources": [
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      "title": "BSU alert archive, University and Linden gun report",
      "url": "https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=f7981509-e9fc-4fe7-8a03-0a2c0316b8ca",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
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    },
    {
      "title": "BSU alert archive, University and Linden all-clear",
      "url": "https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=4bdd3e7e-26ae-4c1d-930e-c913c3085fb4",
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      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "indiana",
    "ball-state",
    "diversity"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
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