{
  "id": "2026-05-01-wake-forest-university-wake-alert-emergency-update-swatting-incident-wake-alert",
  "slug": "wake-forest-university-wake-alert-emergency-update-swatting-incident-wake-alert-2026-05-01",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Wake Forest University",
    "shortName": "Wake Forest",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "private-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "Wake Alert",
    "enrollment": 9000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-05-01",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Wake Alert Emergency Update: Swatting Incident - Wake Alert",
    "headlinePublic": "Wake Alert Emergency Update: Swatting Incident - Wake Alert",
    "summary": "On 2026-05-01, [Wake Alert posted: Wake Alert Emergency Update: Swatting Incident - Wake Alert](https://wakealert.wfu.edu/2026/05/wake-alert-emergency-update-swatting-incident.html).",
    "outcome": "See notice.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-05-01",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "University Police, in coordination with the Winston-Salem Police Department, responded to a report of a swatting attempt on the Reynolda campus this morning. The report has been determined to be false and consistent with a swatting call.\n\nThere is no threat to the campus community. Out of an abundance of caution, officers responded with a visible law enforcement presence while the report was being assessed.\n\nUpdates will be shared at wakealert.wfu.edu if more information becomes available.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://wakealert.wfu.edu/2026/05/wake-alert-emergency-update-swatting-incident.html",
      "sourceDescription": "Wake Alert — Wake Alert Emergency Update: Swatting Incident - Wake Alert",
      "annotations": [
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      ],
      "characterCount": 494
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  ],
  "context": "Wake Forest Wake Alert emergency notice.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Wake Alert body recovered."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wake Alert Emergency Update: Swatting Incident - Wake Alert",
      "url": "https://wakealert.wfu.edu/2026/05/wake-alert-emergency-update-swatting-incident.html",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "wake-forest",
    "wake-alert"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-27",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}