{
  "id": 2507403,
  "title": "No shooting at Los Angeles Southwest College: Football team coach clarifies amid reports on social media",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/no-shooting-at-los-angeles-southwest-college-football-team-coach",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T05:44:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/no-shooting-at-los-angeles-southwest-college-football-team-coach-clarifies-amid-reports-on-social-media-101787376736693.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Social media reports of a shooting at Los Angeles Southwest College on August 21 have been debunked. The college's football team coach, Steven Lewis, clarified on X, stating, \"There was not a shooting at Los Angeles Southwest College tonight. Fake news. Tonight's game between Kingdrew and San Pedro High School.\" This clarification came amid several claims of a possible shooting at the college. One social media user reported an evacuation, while another mentioned gunshots and a security response from the sheriffs. Some even claimed to have witnessed the incident on the Citizen app. However, none of these reports could be independently verified. A local alerts page with a large following also reported shots fired during a football game at Southwest College. It is unclear if a screenshot of one of these posts, which has since been deleted, is accurate. The incident has been widely discussed on social media, with numerous posts claiming a shooting at the college during a game between Kingdrew and San Pedro High School.",
  "summary": "Reports of a shooting at Los Angeles Southwest College appeared unfounded as the team's football coach dispelled rumors via a post on X.",
  "key_points": [
    "No shooting occurred at Los Angeles Southwest College on August 21.",
    "Coach Steven Lewis clarified on X that it was \"fake news.\"",
    "Claims of evacuation, gunshots, and security response were unverified."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The coach's swift denial of a shooting at Los Angeles Southwest College quells panic and misinformation spread through social media, restoring calm after a widely discussed but unverified incident.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}