{
  "id": "2016-11-23-university-of-missouri-suspicious-device",
  "slug": "university-of-missouri-suspicious-device-2016-11-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Missouri",
    "shortName": "Mizzou",
    "state": "MO",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MU Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2016-11-23",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Suspicious device investigation near MU campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Suspicious device investigation near MU campus",
    "summary": "University of Missouri [published an MU Alert update](https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2016/11-23-suspicious-device) on or about 2016-11-23. Full text is preserved from the official archive.",
    "outcome": "See official notice for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2016-11-23",
      "verbatimText": "Nov. 23, 2016\n\n1:20 p.m.\n\nEmergency personnel have determined that the suspicious device found near Hill Hall was not an explosive device. MUPD and emergency personnel have determined the device was harmless.\n\n11:15 a.m.\n\nAll Clear. Emergency personnel have removed the suspicious device found near Hill Hall. It will be further evaluated at another location. Campus is back to operating under normal conditions.\n\n10:30 a.m.\n\nEmergency personnel continue to evaluate the suspicious device found near Hill Hall. Special equipment was brought to the scene to assist in the evaluation. Please continue to avoid the area.\n\n9:55 a.m.\n\nMUPD and emergency personnel are on the scene at Hill Hall and are evaluating the suspicious device. Again, please continue to avoid the area.\n\n9:45 a.m.\n\nMUPD was contacted by Campus Facility personnel that a suspicious device was found outside Hill Hall. As a precaution emergency personnel are evaluating the device to determine if it could possibly be an explosive device. Please avoid the area.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2016/11-23-suspicious-device",
      "sourceDescription": "MU Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official mualert.missouri.edu update page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source.",
        "2026-09-21 second deep audit P2 chrome R1: mualert.missouri.edu standing site paragraph (official emergency website / rumor / call-parents footer) is page boilerplate, not the transmitted alert. Paired demote+correct. Cap-exempt."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1029,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Missouri MU Alert official updates archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official MU Alert update page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Suspicious Device",
      "url": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2016/11-23-suspicious-device",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "missouri",
    "mizzou",
    "mu-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}