{
  "id": "2022-09-22-drexel-university-baring-street-shooting",
  "slug": "drexel-university-baring-street-shooting-2022-09-22",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Drexel University",
    "shortName": "Drexel",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "DrexelALERT",
    "enrollment": 22000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-09-22",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Fatal overnight shooting near campus; daytime alerts covered a separate manhunt",
    "headlinePublic": "Fatal overnight shooting near campus; daytime alerts covered a separate manhunt",
    "summary": "A 23-year-old Temple University alumnus, [Everett Beauregard](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/drexel-university-shooting-man-killed-philadelphia-north-35th-street-gun-violence/), was shot and killed in the early morning of September 22, 2022 on the 400 block of North 35th Street near Baring Street, one block from Drexel's main campus; that killing remained unsolved. Drexel issued no real-time alert about the overnight shooting. Later that day, a separate hours-long police [manhunt for a man who had escaped police custody](https://www.thetriangle.org/article/escaped-shooting-suspect-captured-in-powelton-village) unfolded in the same Powelton Village blocks, and Drexel's [DrexelALERTs beginning at 11:06 AM EDT](https://drexel.edu/publicsafety/about/psu/2022/september/update-and-advisory-on-shooting-at-35th-street-near-baring) concerned that daytime police activity; an all-clear was issued at 12:34 PM EDT, then reversed, before the escaped man was recaptured near 35th and Baring at approximately 1:15 PM EDT. On September 23, Public Safety published a community update on the Beauregard shooting, with doors-locked guidance and counseling resources.",
    "outcome": "The person taken into custody near 35th and Baring at approximately 1:15 PM EDT on September 22, 2022, after a multi-hour search with K9 units, was a man who had escaped police custody in a separate matter, not a suspect in the Beauregard shooting; Everett Beauregard's killing remained unsolved. Beauregard, 23, of Chester County and a recent Temple University graduate, was pronounced dead at approximately 1:00 AM EDT.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 1,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2022-09-22T11:06:00-04:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from Drexel Public Safety's published advisory describing the 11:06 AM DrexelALERT for police activity at 3700 Baring",
      "annotations": []
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2022-09-22T12:34:00-04:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "DrexelALERT: 3700 Baring ALL CLEAR. You may resume normal activities.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://drexel.edu/publicsafety/about/psu/2022/september/update-and-advisory-on-shooting-at-35th-street-near-baring",
      "sourceDescription": "Verbatim text of the 12:34 PM all-clear DrexelALERT, as quoted in Drexel Public Safety's published advisory",
      "annotations": [
        "Police continued searching the area after the 12:34 PM EDT all-clear, and a follow-up alert at 1:06 PM EDT resumed the avoid-the-area instruction",
        "Drexel's published advisory explicitly quotes the message text including the formatting choice 'ALL CLEAR' in caps"
      ],
      "characterCount": 69
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "correction",
      "timestamp": "2022-09-22T13:06:00-04:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from Drexel Public Safety reporting that 'police were continuing to search at 1:06 p.m.', issuing a fresh alert that effectively reversed the 12:34 PM all-clear",
      "annotations": []
    },
    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2022-09-22T13:25:00-04:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from Drexel Public Safety and The Triangle reporting that the second all-clear was issued at 1:25 PM EDT after the escaped man was recaptured",
      "annotations": []
    },
    {
      "sequence": 5,
      "type": "follow-up",
      "timestampApprox": "September 23, 2022 dateline on the page. That dateline is outside the hashed body, which prints no clock.",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Dear Members of the Drexel Community,\n\nWe are writing to update you with the latest information about the fatal shooting that occurred on Sept. 22 in front of an apartment building on the 400 block of N. 35th Street near Baring Street. The shooting took the life of Temple University alumnus Everett Beauregard. We once again express our deepest sympathy to Everett’s family, friends and all who knew him.\n\nIn a press conference today, Philadelphia Police released surveillance footage and a description of the suspect. They described the suspect as a male wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt, black pants, and light-colored medical face mask. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 215-686-3334/3335.\n\nThis horrific and senseless act of violence reminds us once again of the increase in gun violence in the city over the last year, and we continue to improve campus safety measures in response. We want to assure you that the safety of our Drexel community is a top priority at the University and something we take very seriously. In addition to the steps announced yesterday, which we have taken in recent months to invest in keeping our community safe, we have increased patrols and the number of Drexel Police in the area in response to this incident.\n\nIt is incredibly important that you take proper precautions and remain aware of your surroundings. We ask that all students download the Drexel Guardian app, available in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, which allows Drexel Public Safety to immediately access important information about you during any potential crisis and to provide assistance in the event of an emergency. Public Safety security officers provide walking escorts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling 215.895.2222. We advise that you avoid walking alone and be sure to stay in well-lit areas using caution while wearing headphones or earbuds. When you are home, make sure all doors are locked.\n\nPlease don’t hesitate to turn to University resources available to you, including those that can help you cope with difficult experiences as a student or employee. \n\nSincerely,\n\nJohn Fry\nPresident\n\nHelen Bowman\nExecutive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Operating Officer\n\nSubir Sahu\nSenior Vice President, Student Success\n\nRobert Lis\nInterim Vice President of Public Safety",
      "sourceUrl": "https://drexel.edu/publicsafety/about/psu/2022/september/update-and-advisory-on-shooting-at-35th-street-near-baring",
      "sourceDescription": "Drexel Public Safety community update on the September 22 shooting",
      "characterCount": 2325,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads matched sha256 f451c6fd945013edb3a885a2aef67f25be49e68c1ede3be3bbb0c0584227e530.",
        "Community letter dated the day after the shooting. The DrexelALERT SMS lines already in sequences 1 through 4 are not in this body. Those sequences were not edited."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "context": "In the early morning of Thursday, September 22, 2022, [Everett Beauregard](https://6abc.com/everett-beauregard-murder-north-35th-street-shooting-temple-alumnus-killed-drexel-university/12255510/) (a 23-year-old recent Temple University graduate from Chester County, Pennsylvania) was shot and killed on the 400 block of North 35th Street near Baring Street, one block from the edge of Drexel's University City campus in the Powelton Village neighborhood. Surveillance video showed the [offender circling the block](https://6abc.com/murder-of-everett-beauregard-temple-university-graduate-drexel-philadelphia-homicide/12350665/) starting at approximately 11:21 PM EDT on September 21 before turning and firing three shots at close range. Beauregard was struck once in the base of the neck, severing his spinal cord, and was pronounced dead at approximately 1:00 AM EDT; his killing remained unsolved, with police continuing to seek the gunman through surveillance video and a reward. Drexel issued no real-time alert about the overnight shooting. Its first DrexelALERT went out at [11:06 AM EDT on September 22](https://drexel.edu/publicsafety/about/psu/2022/september/update-and-advisory-on-shooting-at-35th-street-near-baring) for a separate daytime police [manhunt](https://www.thetriangle.org/article/escaped-shooting-suspect-captured-in-powelton-village) in the same blocks, targeting a man who had escaped police custody after being treated at a nearby hospital for a gunshot wound from an earlier, unrelated shooting; officers, K9 units, and drones searched the neighborhood. The 12:34 PM EDT all-clear was reversed by a 1:06 PM EDT follow-up that resumed search instructions, and the escaped man was recaptured at the rear of a property on the 3400 block of Baring Street at approximately 1:15 PM EDT, followed by a second 1:25 PM EDT all-clear. Separately, the [university president issued a message](https://drexel.edu/president/communications/message/2022/september/message-about-shooting-35th-street-near-baring) on the broader Powelton Village safety concerns following the overnight homicide.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Drexel issued no real-time alert about the 12:30 AM EDT fatal shooting; its DrexelALERTs that day concerned a separate daytime police manhunt for an escaped-custody suspect in the same Powelton Village blocks",
    "DrexelALERT issued two 'all-clear' messages, with the first (12:34 PM EDT on September 22, 2022) reversed by a renewed search alert at 1:06 PM EDT before the final all-clear at 1:25 PM EDT",
    "The 12:34 PM EDT all-clear text ('3700 Baring ALL CLEAR. You may resume normal activities.') is verbatim from Drexel's published Public Safety advisory",
    "The case prompted a Drexel president-level statement on Powelton Village safety beyond the standard DrexelALERT cadence",
    "The shooting occurred on the 400 block of North 35th Street, one block north of Drexel's main campus and a frequent residential location for upperclassmen and graduate students",
    "A September 23 community letter from Public Safety and the president gives doors-locked guidance and counseling resources. It does not contain the DrexelALERT SMS lines."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Update and Advisory on Shooting at 35th Street Near Baring (Drexel Public Safety)",
      "url": "https://drexel.edu/publicsafety/about/psu/2022/september/update-and-advisory-on-shooting-at-35th-street-near-baring",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "A Message About the Shooting at 35th Street Near Baring (Drexel President)",
      "url": "https://drexel.edu/president/communications/message/2022/september/message-about-shooting-35th-street-near-baring",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Escaped shooting suspect captured in Powelton Village (The Triangle)",
      "url": "https://www.thetriangle.org/article/escaped-shooting-suspect-captured-in-powelton-village",
      "type": "student-newspaper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Man killed in shooting near Drexel identified as recent Temple University alumnus (CBS Philadelphia)",
      "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/drexel-university-shooting-man-killed-philadelphia-north-35th-street-gun-violence/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Philadelphia Deadly Shooting: Everett Beauregard shot, killed near Drexel University in Powelton (6abc Philadelphia)",
      "url": "https://6abc.com/philadelphia-fatal-shooting-near-drexel-university-powelton-homicide-north-35th-street/12249378/",
      "type": "local-media"
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    {
      "title": "Surveillance video released in killing of Temple graduate Everett Beauregard (6abc)",
      "url": "https://6abc.com/everett-beauregard-murder-north-35th-street-shooting-temple-alumnus-killed-drexel-university/12255510/",
      "type": "local-media"
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  "confidence": "high",
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  "dateAdded": "2026-05-13",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
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  "annotations": [
    "TWIN SWEEP HALF A 2026-10-04 b7: appended the September 23 community letter as sequence 5. Earlier sequences unchanged."
  ]
}