{
  "id": "2024-09-19-university-of-pennsylvania-3600-chestnut-attempted-robbery-with-weapon",
  "slug": "university-of-pennsylvania-3600-chestnut-attempted-robbery-with-weapon-2024-09-19",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Pennsylvania",
    "shortName": "Penn",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UPennAlert",
    "enrollment": 28000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-09-19",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Attempted robbery with a weapon on Chestnut Street",
    "headlinePublic": "Attempted robbery with a weapon on Chestnut Street",
    "summary": "Penn [posted a UPennAlert product](https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/attempted-robbery-with-weapon-2/).",
    "outcome": "Official UPennAlert archive product(s) including any labeled Update on the same page."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "UPennAlert: Attempted Robbery with weapon in the 3600 block of Chestnut Street. Increased police activity in the area. Police on scene, use caution, avoid the immediate area.\n\nThe suspects are described as seven Black males, all wearing dark clothing, one suspect carrying a black handgun.\n\nThe suspects were last seen heading westbound on Sansom Street from 36th.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/attempted-robbery-with-weapon-2/",
      "sourceDescription": "UPennAlert archive attempted-robbery-with-weapon-2 seq 1",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual-blind EQUAL open_page 2026-09-21. sha256 360e1576e4d6751d87f649ba574bfcee976eaa0ab1b9110b3ba2045b5a828825. curl 403 Cloudflare.",
        "seq 1 SMS. Dual-blind EQUAL: open_page of www plus independent open_page of http://live-upe.pantheonsite.io/upa-archive/attempted-robbery-with-weapon-2/; oembed 200. curl 403. Official lowercase 'weapon' in UPennAlert: Attempted Robbery wit",
        "Distinct incident from 2024-09-19-university-of-pennsylvania-false-alarm: 1:06 a.m. 3600 Chestnut attempted robbery vs later Walnut false shots the same calendar day."
      ],
      "characterCount": 364,
      "timestamp": "2024-09-19T01:06:00-04:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE: All clear in the area of 3600 Chestnut Street. You may resume usual activity. Police and security are patrolling the area.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/attempted-robbery-with-weapon-2/",
      "sourceDescription": "UPennAlert archive all-clear on attempted-robbery-with-weapon-2",
      "annotations": [
        "Same archive page Update/all-clear. sha256 83aac2d26f5451b16d652b6d9f1ea28137b0a7512d0842b434189af290655021."
      ],
      "characterCount": 130
    }
  ],
  "context": "Penn posts UPennAlert archive pages at publicsafety.upenn.edu. Official product: the [Attempted robbery with a weapon on Chestnut Street](https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/attempted-robbery-with-weapon-2/).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "2 sequenced product(s) from the official archive page."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UPennAlert archive attempted-robbery-with-weapon-2 seq 1",
      "url": "https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/attempted-robbery-with-weapon-2/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap at 07:36Z"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r1",
    "pennsylvania",
    "penn",
    "ivy",
    "upennalert",
    "robbery"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-09-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}