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3 hurt, including police officer, in shooting near Notre Dame Stadium during football game

Most headlines report 3 hurt including a police officer near the stadium, while one specifies 2 people shot including an officer near campus.

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Still watching. Optics is waiting for a cleaner match before calling the split.

STILL WATCHING

As of September 20, 2026 at 3:52 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened Police believe the officer was hit by either shrapnel or a ricochet.
The headline split The headlines are mostly aligned. The differences are small wording choices, not a major framing split.
Match confidence Medium confidence. 3 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium

3 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.

Framing confidenceMostly same

20/99 — the outlets mostly agree on the headline takeaway.

WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-leftNo matching source in this bucket yet.

Optics keeps watching for pickup.

Center3 hurt, including police officer, in shooting near Notre Dame Stadium during football game

WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) · Center · News report

Right / center-rightSearch underway for suspected gunman outside Notre Dame football game vs Michigan State

Fox News · Center-right · News report

SEE THE HEADLINES

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WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville)News report · Sep 20, 3:16 AM

3 hurt, including police officer, in shooting near Notre Dame Stadium during football game

3 hurtpolice officerNotre Dame Stadiumfootball game

Police believe the officer was hit by either shrapnel or a ricochet.

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CenterHigh
WLS / ABC7 ChicagoNews report · Sep 20, 3:52 AM

Police officer among 2 people shot near Notre Dame campus, officials say

Police officer among2 people shotNotre Dame campusofficials say

Two people were hurt in a shooting Saturday near the University of Notre Dame, in South Bend, Indiana. Police say one of those people was an officer, who was possibly hit by a bullet that r...

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Fox NewsNews report · Sep 20, 1:12 AM

Search underway for suspected gunman outside Notre Dame football game vs Michigan State

Police launched a search near Eddy Street Commons for a suspected gunman as Notre Dame's football game against Michigan State was still underway.

Open source
Details20/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 3 sources
20/99 Wording GapMedium confidence3 sources · 2 bias bucketsLive match · 11 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Sep 20, 1:12 AM: Fox News joined the source map.

Sep 20, 3:16 AM: WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) joined the source map.

Sep 20, 3:52 AM: WLS / ABC7 Chicago joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 20/99 and story health is live match · 11 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.