{
  "id": "2026-04-16-san-diego-state-university-gateway-center-shelter",
  "slug": "san-diego-state-university-gateway-center-shelter-2026-04-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "San Diego State University",
    "shortName": "SDSU",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "SDSU Alert",
    "enrollment": 37000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-04-16",
    "type": "police-activity",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Gateway Center shelter lifted; tool mistaken for a weapon",
    "headlinePublic": "Gateway Center shelter lifted; tool mistaken for a weapon",
    "summary": "San Diego State University [issued an SDSU Alert sheltering Gateway Center](https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2026-04-16-all-clear) after a report of a possible weapon, then lifted the order when police found a facilities worker using professional equipment.",
    "outcome": "No weapon and no threat. Shelter lifted; campus returned to normal operations."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-04-16T10:32:00-07:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "SDSU Alert: Police are in the area of Gateway Center near Campanile Drive and Hardy Avenue. Those in Gateway should shelter in place. All others should avoid the area. Police are searching for a suspect related to an ongoing investigation. Police are evaluating other campus impacts. Updates will be shared.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2026-04-16-all-clear",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — April 16 2026 Gateway Center 10:32 a.m. SDSU Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent fetches of urgent.sdsu.edu archive 2026-08-16. sha256 6c3f6935faec92c77a2a1da013ed90bb562ce3678a64e85f9426a7948a6a09c5.",
        "Thread checked N/A (official HTML archive of the SDSU Alert sequence, not an X thread).",
        "Not a scheduled test: live products directed a shelter-in-place, then lifted it."
      ],
      "characterCount": 307
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-04-16T10:40:00-07:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "SDSU Alert: Police have confirmed that there is no threat to campus, and the shelter in place at Gateway Center has lifted.\nFurther details forthcoming.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2026-04-16-all-clear",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — April 16 2026 Gateway Center 10:40 a.m. SDSU Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Same dual fetch. HTML uses a line break between lifted. and Further details forthcoming."
      ],
      "characterCount": 152
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-04-16T10:47:00-07:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "SDSU Alert: Police have confirmed that a facilities workers was using professional equipment that was mistaken for a weapon. There is no weapon, and there is no active threat to campus. The shelter in place order at Gateway Center has been lifted. Police remain on site to notify building occupants that there is no threat and normal operations and activities are to resume. Information at Urgent.sdsu.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2026-04-16-all-clear",
      "sourceDescription": "SDSU Urgent archive — April 16 2026 Gateway Center 10:47 a.m. SDSU Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Same dual fetch. Typo facilities workers preserved."
      ],
      "characterCount": 406
    }
  ],
  "context": "SDSU publishes previously communicated incidents on urgent.sdsu.edu/archives. The April 16, 2026 Gateway Center page holds the three SDSU Alert texts plus a later campus message.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A misidentified facilities tool produced an 8-minute Gateway Center shelter-in-place."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "SDSU Urgent archive — All Clear; Shelter in Place at Gateway Lifted",
      "url": "https://urgent.sdsu.edu/archives/2026-04-16-all-clear",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-16",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523/500 earlier this run; not retried this file"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "california",
    "sdsu",
    "shelter-in-place"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-16",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}