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  "id": "2025-03-30-university-of-wisconsin-madison-east-campus-mall-knife",
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  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Wisconsin-Madison",
    "shortName": "UW-Madison",
    "state": "WI",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "WiscAlert",
    "enrollment": 49000
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  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-03-30",
    "type": "weapon",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Knife threat near East Campus Mall, suspect later arrested",
    "headlinePublic": "Knife threat near East Campus Mall, suspect later arrested",
    "summary": "UW-Madison police reported a knife threat near 105 East Campus Mall shortly before midnight, gave a suspect description, then said an arrest was made. The [arrest update](https://x.com/UWMadisonPolice/status/1906729678112473470) followed the next morning.",
    "outcome": "Police arrested a suspect and booked him for disorderly conduct with a dangerous-weapon enhancer. Nobody was physically injured."
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      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-03-31T01:17:50-05:00",
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      "verbatimText": "WiscAlert Update:\n\nShortly before midnight on March 30, 2025, UWPD responded to the area of 105 East Campus Mall for a report of an unknown suspect who had verbaly threatened an individual and showed a knife. Nobody was physically injured in the incident. The suspect fled toward Regent Street. \n\nThe suspect is described as a black male with a mustache, wearing a red baseball cap, dark jeans, a dark zip-up jacket, and white shoes.\n\nThis remains an active investigation. If you have any information to help identify the suspect, call UWPD at 608-264-2677.",
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        "Thread checked 2026-10-12: the arrest note is sequence 2. No earlier SMS was in the thread. No further posts on this incident."
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      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-03-31T10:25:55-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "3/31/25 UPDATE:\n\nUWPD has made an arrest in this case. The suspect is being booked into the Dane County Jail for disorderly conduct with a dangerous weapon enhancer. The suspect has no affiliation with UW-Madison.",
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      "confidence": "high",
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  "context": "Official posts on [@UWMadisonPolice](https://x.com/UWMadisonPolice/status/1906591749050626229). The [arrest update](https://x.com/UWMadisonPolice/status/1906729678112473470) came later that morning. The incident time in the post is shortly before midnight on March 30 (Central time).",
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
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  "dateAdded": "2026-10-12",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12",
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